Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 006796
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 596
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 10 MB

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Question: Is no other body acquired through a super
ordinary power
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Answer No.
Question
From upabhoga in the form of inflicting curse and bestowing benefit that has been described in the case of the taijasa body it obviously seems to be a type of body acquired through super-ordinary power. Why then is it said that no other type of body is acquired through super-ordinary power ?
TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
Answer: When we speak of a body acquired through super-ordinary power we mean a body produced through such power not a body made use of through such power. The taijasa body, unlike the vaikriya and āhāraka, is not produced through super-ordinary power; it is only sometimes made use of through such power. That is why in the present context the taijasa body is not said to be a type of body acquired through super-ordinary power-that is, a type of artificially created body. 46-49.
The Apportionment of Veda or Linga
That is, Sexual Characteristic :
The hellish beings and beings born by way of agglutination are necessarily neuter. 50.
The heavenly beings are in no case neuter. 51.
After an account of bodies has been offered there arises the question of linga or sexual characteristic. It is this that has been clarified here. Linga literally means characteristic sign. It is found in three forms-as has already been earlier laid down in connection with enumerating the audayika bhāvas1. The three lingas or sexual characteristics are the masculine, the feminine, the neuter. Another name for linga is veda. Each of these three vedas is of two types-viz. the dravya type and the bhava type2
1. See chapter 2, aphorism 6.
2. For mutual relationship between the dravya and bhāva types of veda as also for certain other allied matters of importance see the Hindi Chautha Karmagrantha, p. 53, Note.