Epitome of Jainism

SR No.: 006737
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K B Jindal
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi
Publication Year: 1988
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 13 MB

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Jiva etc., as well as the answers to questions which the Gañadharas put to the Lord. It has 556,000 Madhyama Padas.
7. The Upåsakadhyayna-anga gives details of the eleven stages of a householder's life, the vows of chastity etc., and other rules of conduct for the householder, as well as aphorisins and lectures on the same. It has 1,170,000 Madhyama Padas.
8. The Antakrit-daśa-anga gives an account in detail of the ten ascetics who, in the period of each of the twenty-four Tîrthamkaras, undergo very strict sufferings in asceticism and finally set themselves free from the bondage of karma. It has 2,328,000 Madhyama Padas.
9. The Anuttaropapadaka-daśa-anga gives an account of the ten great ascetics who, in the period of each Tîrthamkara, practise asceticism of a very high type and in virtue of that take birth in the five Anuttaravimâna), or heavens, such as Vijaya etc. It has 9,244,000 Madhyama Padas.
Praśna-vyákarana-anga gives instructions as to how to reply to questions relating to past and future time, gain and loss, happiness and misery, life and death, good and evil, etc. It also furnishes an account of the four kinds of narration, viz., Aksepanî (substantiation), Viksepanî (refutation), Samvedanî (devotion), Nirvedanî (renunciation). It has 9,316,000 Madhyama Padas.
11. The Vipaka-sútra-anga contains an exposition of the bondage, operation, and existence of Karmas, and of their intensity or mildness from the point of view of dravya, kşetra, kâla and bhâva. It has 18,400,000 Madhyama Padas.
12. The Dțishți-pravâda-anga has 1,086,856,005 Madhyama Padas. It is divided into five parts: five Parikarmas, Sûtra, Prathamânuyoga, fourteen Pûrva-gatas, and five Chûlikâs. These five parts will be considered one by one.
A. Five Parikarmas
1. The Chandra-prajñapti Parikarma contains accounts of the motion, period, satellites of the moon; the variations of lunar days and months; and the celestial influence of the moon; its eclipses, etc. This has 3,605,000 Madhyama Padas.
2. The Sürya-prajāapti deals with the greatness, influences, satellites, etc. of the sun. It has 503,000 Madhyama Padas.
3. The Jambû- Dvípa-prajñaptê contains an account of Jambûdvîpa with its Meru Mount, mountain ranges, lakes, rivers etc. It has 325,000 Madhyama Padas.
4. The Dvípa-Sagar-prajñapti contains an account of all the continents and oceans and the residences of the Bhavana-Vâsî (residential), Vyantara (peripatetic), Jyotișa (stellar) celestials, and the sites of Jaina temples. It has 5,236,000 Madhyama Padas,