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These seven Upanga Sutras and Uttaradhyayanas - this is one Mula Sutra, thus a total of thirteen Sutras come.
In Ganitanuyoga, Jambudvipaprajnapti, Chandraprajnapti and Suryaprajnapti - these three Upanga Sutras come.
In Dravyanuyoga, Sutrakrut, Sthan, Samavay and Vyakhyaprajnapti - these four Anga Sutras, Jivajivabhigam, Prajnapana - these two Upanga Sutras and Nandi and Anuyogadwar, these two Mula Sutras - thus a total of eight Sutras come. Upasakadasha
In the context of the present discussion, Upasakadasha is a part of Dharmakathaanuyoga. As its name suggests, it contains the stories of Upasakas or Shravakas.
In Jainism, from the perspective of sadhana, there is a division into two types: Shraman-Sangha and Shramanopasaka-Dharma. The word Shraman is used in the sense of a Sadhu or a renunciant. For a Shraman, self-realization is everything. The maintenance of physical life is one thing, but a Shraman cannot do it at the cost of sadhana. He accepts that his body may perish, but he does not accept even a slight harm to his sadhana under any circumstances. This is why there is no room for alternatives in his observance of vows, worship and restraint. On the day he enters Shraman-life, he comes with the resolve, "Savvam savajan jogam pacchakkhami", meaning from today I renounce all Savadya-papasamhit yogas - mental, verbal and physical activities. He becomes completely free from violence, falsehood, theft, adultery and attachment through these three yogas of mind, speech, body and these three karmas of done, caused and approved. He never does violence, nor causes it, nor approves of it. He does not think so in his mind, nor speaks so with his words. This same order applies to all the vows. Since there is no exception or alternative, here the vows are called Mahavrata.
Maharshi Patanjali has also called those yamas or vows, which have no limits of caste, country, time, etc., which are universal - to be observed in all situations, i.e., where no exception is allowed, Mahavrata. ' The sadhana-krama of a Grihi Upasaka
_ The complete, perfect or flawless observance of Mahavrata is not possible for everyone. Only a few steadfast, strong-willed and cultured men are capable of achieving it.
There is another path, lighter and easier than the sadhana of Mahavrata, in which the sadhaka accepts vows in a limited form according to his capacity. For such a sadhaka, the Jain scriptures use the term Shramanopasaka. There are two words in it: Shraman and Upasaka. The literal meaning of Upasaka is one who sits near. One who sits in the presence of a Shraman, i.e., accepts good knowledge and vows from a Shraman, 1. Jati-desha-kala-samaya-anavachchhinnaah sarvabhauma mahavrata. Patanjali Yogadarshan Sadhanapad 31 1. Up-samepe, aste-ityupasaka.
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