Treasury of Jain Tales

SR No.: 006762
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 468
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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the dhūrtas (rogues) for the objects of sense and the song for the preceptor. Those who were well instructed and renounced the world attained good state of existence whereas the rest sank into bad states of existence. The term dravya-nivrtti means 'abstinence from material objects' whereas the term bhavnivṛtti means 'The mental state involved in one's abstinence from some activities etc.'
The Karnikāra tree is inferior and corresponds to the weaver's daughter whereas the mango tree is of excellent species and corresponds to the princess of the town born in a noble (or high) family.
S. No. 124: The example 'Marvellous indeed' is based on Haribhadra's Vṛtti on Dasăvaikālika Ch. I-Drumapuspikā :Blossoms on a tree, Niryukti stanza 84, p. 108-110). It is cited to illustrate 'tad-vastupa- nyāsa'. Dr. A. M. Ghatage explains at length the point under reference: 'tadvastūpanyāsa' means the two conflicting views are applied to the same thing. A few Kärpatikas meet in a temple (a wandering mendicant is called Kärpatika). Each one is to tell some wonder he has seen. One puts the condition that there should be no sramaṇopāsaka (a Jain layman) because he is afraid that knowing the theory of udaharaṇa he may defeat him. When assured that no such man is there, he says he saw a tree, and when its leaves fall in water they become acquatic beings and when they fall on ground they become land animals. A śrāvaka however is there and he rebuts him by asking, what happens to the leaves which fall between water and land? and defeats him. Haribhadra says this illustrates 'tam ceva padana vatthumahikiccodahariyam/ which means taking the example as it is, to point out a defect in it, without challenging the absurd statements that the