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Bhagavai 5:9:254-258
-: 333 :Semantics parīta—limited/finite. puruṣādānīya—acceptable to the people, or respected by the people. anavadagga-infinite, paliyanka-sainthie-of the shape of a posture of cross-legs or sitted in a lotusposture, that is, contracted at the top, expanded at the bottom. varavaira vggahie-of the configuration of an excellent vajra i.e., thin in the middle. 13 uddhamuinga samtthie—of the configuration of a drum placed vertically. It resembles cones kept one above another making a box. jīvaghana-compact collection.
The soul is so called because of its being a compact collection of infinite number of modes. bhūe (sadbhūta)-real.
1. Sacred Books of the East, vol. XLV, Introduction, 2. A. Cū. 15.25. 3. Bha. 1.423-433. 4. Ibid., 2.92-110. 5. Ibid., 5.254-257. 6. Ibid., 9.77-135. 7. Sūya. 2.7.8-38. 8. Uttarā. a. 23. 9. Bha. Vr. 5.254-ihāyamabhiprāyah-yadyanantāni tāni tadā katham parīttāni? iti virodhaḥ, atra hantetyādyuttaram, atra cāyamabhiprāyaḥ-asamkhyātapradese'pi loke'nantā jīvā varttante, tathāvidhsvarūpatvad, ekatrāśraye sahasrādi samkhyapradīpaprabhā iva, te caikatraiva samayādike kāle'nantā utpadyante vinasyanti ca, sa ca samayādi kālastesu sādhārana-śarīrāvasthāyāmanantesu pratyekaśarīrāvasthāyām ca parīttesu pratyekam varttate, tat sthitilaksanaparyāyarüpatvāttasya, tathā ca kālo'nantah parīttasca bhavatīti, evam cāsamkhyeye'pi loke rātrindivānyanantāni parittäni ca
kālatraye'pi yujyanta iti. 10. Bha. 9.233. 11. Dravyānuyogatakarnā, 5.2,3—
dravyārthikanayo mukhyavrttyā bhedam vadamstrişu anyonyamupacāreņa teșu bhedam disatyalam 11211 paryāyārthika evāpi mukhyavrttyātra bhedatām!
upacārānubhūtibhyām manute' bhedatām trisu 11311 12. The annotation on Thāṇam, 6.103. 13. Bhāsya of Bha. 2.118.
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Devaloya-padam 5.258 kaivihā ņam bhamte! devalogā pannattā?
goyamā! cauvvihā devalogā pannattā, tam jahă---bhavaņavāsi-vānamamtarajotisiya-vemāņiyabhedenam. bhavanavāsi dasavihā, vānamamtarā atthavihā, jotisiyā pamcavihā, vemāniyā duvihā.
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