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6. A monk who carries medicine and travels from village to village, or approves of one who does so.
7. A monk who takes medicine himself, gives it to others, or accepts it from someone who gives it, or approves of one who does so. (He incurs the minor four-month penance.)
Discussion - The word "viyad" used in the present sutras has been used in many meanings in many Agamas. For example:
1. In the Brihatkalpa Sutra, Uddeshak 2, Su. 4-7, it has been used as an adjective for cold water, hot water, sura and sauvira, such as:
1. Ciodag viyad kumbe va, 2. Usinodag viyad kumbe va, 3. Sura viyad kumbe va, 4. Sovira viyad kumbe va, etc.
2. In the Brihatkalpa Sutra, Uddeshak 2, Su. 11-12, the word "viyad" has been used in the sense of an open house. Nirgranthas are ordained to stay in such open houses, and Nirgranthis are prohibited from staying there.
3. In the Dasha Shruta Skandha, Dasha 6, the word "viyadbhoji" is used in the sense of day food for the Shravaka in the Chhatto Pratima.
4. In the Prajnapanapada 9, the word "viyad" is used in the sense of a type of "yoni" as the place of birth of beings, such as "viyada joni".
5. In the Thananga Sutra, Pra. 3, the word "viyad" is used in the sense of a type of medicine for a sick monk. There, it is ordained that three types of "viyad datti" should be taken for the sick.
6. In the Dasha. Da. 8, there is a passage "viyadgam bhocca pecca" in the ordinance that when a sadhu goes to Gochari and it rains on the way, he should sit in a safe place and eat and drink water.
7. In the Pracha. Shru. 1, Pra. 9, U. 1, Ga. 18, Bhagwan Mahavir Swami did not commit any kind of sinful karma, did not consume the sin of pradha karma, and "ate the food of the mind" in this sense, the word "viyad" is used, such as - Tam akuvvam viyadam bhu njiththa. Here, the independent word "viyad" is indicative of the strike.
Thus, in the Agamas, where the word "viyad" is an adjective for unmindful hot water, unmindful cold water, it is also an adjective for "madya" such as sura - sauvira etc. It is also in the sense of medicine, food-water, day food, and bed and yoni.
The present case is about the penance related to the ordinance mentioned in the Thananga Sutra. 3. In both places, the acceptance of "viyad" is related to the sick, so here, many substances in the form of medicine should be understood by the word "viyad".| SR No. | 003462 |
| Book Title | Agam 24 Chhed 01 Nishith Sutra Stahanakvasi |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Madhukarmuni, Kanhaiyalal Maharaj, Trilokmuni, Devendramuni, Ratanmuni |
| Publisher | Agam Prakashan Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1991 |
| Total Pages | 567 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, & agam_nishith |
| File Size | 11 MB |