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Padmanabh S. Jaini
Jambū-jyoti
I give below a list of the items found in Upādhyāya Yaśovijayjī's [Dikpata] Caurāsi Bol (Pratyukti] based on the headlines appearing in the Gurjara Sahitya Sangraha, vol. 1, pp. 572-597. (Numbers at the end refer to verses.)
Introductory verses give an account of the origin of the Digambara sect in Vira-nirvāna samvat 609, as narrated in the story of a muni called Sāhasamalla, a disciple of ācārya Krsna. (1-17). 1. The [Śvetāmbarallist of the eighteen defects (dosa) that are not found
in a Kevalin differs from that of the Digambaras. (18-19)
2. The Kevalin does eat food by morsel (kevali-bhukti). (20-23)
3. The Tîrthankara's body has the same seven components (sapta-dhātus)
as any other human being. (20-23)
4. The Kevalin is subject to 11 kinds of hardships (parīşahas). (24-33) 5. The Kevalin's speech consists of articulated words. (34) 6. All salākā-purusas have nīhāra. (35-37) 7. Human beings may go outside the boundary of the Mānusottara
Mountain. (38-39)
8. Cakravarti Bharata attained kevalajñāna while still in the state of
a householder. (40-42)
9. Moksa is possible even of those possessing non-Jain mendicant insignia
(anyalinga-mukti). (43)
10. It is possible for a woman, for example Malli-kumārī, to attain moksa
(strīmukti). (44-47) 11. Even after becoming a kevalin, Bāhubali greeted respectfully (vinaya)
Jina Rsabha. (48)
12. Tirthankaras do indeed give gifts of wealth for an entire year prior to
their renunciation. (48)
13. Kapila, a kevalin, danced (in order to convert five hundred thieves to
the holy path of mendicancy as narrated in his story, and hence there is no fault in it]. (48)
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