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The description of the stay of six constellations with the moon for fifteen Muhurtas, the day and night being fifteen Muhurtas each in the months of Chaitra and Ashwin, fifteen Arthaadhikars before Vidyaanuvaad, fifteen types of uses of humans, and the condition of fifteen Palyopama and Sagaropama of Narakas and Devas.
In the sixteenth Samavay, sixteen studies of the first Shruta Skandha of the Sutra Kritanga Sutra have been said. Sixteen Kashayas are Anantanu bandhi etc. Sixteen names of Mount Meru, sixteen thousand Shramans of Bhagwan Parshva, sixteen Adhikars before Atma Pravaad, sixteen thousand Yojanas of the dimension of the capital of Chamarchancha and Balichancha, sixteen Palyopama and sixteen Sagaropama of Narakas and Devas, and the description of sixteen Bhavas and the beings going to Moksha.
In the present Samavay, information about the studies of the second Anga Sutra Kritanga has been given. Sutra Kritanga has a glorious place from the point of view of the philosophical Agam. In which the refutation of Paramat and the adornment of Swamat has been done. Sutra Kritanga can be compared to the Abhidhamma Pitaka of the Buddhist tradition, in which Buddha refuted sixty-two opinions prevalent in his time and established his own opinion. In the present Samavay, sixteen thousand Shramans of Bhagwan Parshva have been mentioned from a historical point of view. In this way, the present Samavay has a separate importance. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Samavay: An Analysis
In the seventeenth Samavay, seventeen types of Sanjam and Asanjam, the height of the Manushottar mountain etc., seventeen types of death, the bondage of seventeen Karma Prakritis in the tenth Sukshma Samparaya Gunasthan, and the description of seventeen Bhavas and the beings going to Moksha by describing the condition of seventeen Palyopama and Sagaropama of Narakas and Devas.
First of all, there is a discussion of Sanjam and Asanjam. Sanjam and Asanjam have been discussed in many places in Agam literature. In Stananga Sutra 170, the differences between Sanjam and Asanjam have been propounded at various places. In fact, doing something with effort, not doing anything without effort, or abstaining from doing anything, and controlling one's senses and mind is called Sanjam. Four types of Sanjam - Man, Vachan, Kay and Upakaran Sanjam. There are also five, seven, eight, ten types of Sanjam. Similarly, there are types of Asanjam. From the point of view of the types of Sanjam, there are two types of Sanjam - Sarag Sanjam and Vitrag Sanjam. All those types of Sanjam have been described from different perspectives. Sanjam is the lifeblood of Sadhana. Sanjam is such a melodious music whose melodious sound waves make the life of the Sadhak attain supreme bliss. In the present Samavay, seventeen types of death have been told. The being who takes birth, he must surely embrace death. The fruit that has blossomed must surely wither. It is a burning truth that death is inevitable. All the great philosophers have thought about death. In Stananga 171, three types of death - Balamaran, Panditamaran and Balapanditmaran have been made and three sub-types of each have been made. In Bhagwati 172, five types - Avichmmaran, Avadhimmaran, Atyantikmaran, Balamaran, Panditamaran have been told. In Uttaradhyayanasutra 173, there is a description of Akam and Sakam death. Here, seventeen types of death have been told. In which all types of death are included. In this way, various topics have been described in the seventeenth Samavay. 170. Stananga Sutra-429, 368, 521; 614, 715, 430: 72, 310, 428, 517, 647, 709 etc. 171. Stanangasutra-Sutra 222 172. Bhagvatisutra-Shatak-13, Udde. 7, Su. 496 173. Uttaradhyayanasutra A-5
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