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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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
characterized by upakrama—that is, availability of a hastening agent. The availability of the things like a sharp weapon, a deadly poison, a violent fire which cause untimely death is called upakrama. And the life-quantum open to time-reduction is necessarily characterized by upakrama thus understood; for this life-quantum is necessarily capable of being enjoyed away before its due period is over. On the other hand, the life-quantum not open to time-reduction is of two-types-viz. that characterized by upakrama and that not so characterized; that is to say, in the case of this life-quantum the agents of untimely death are sometimes available and sometimes not. However, even when those agents are available this life-quantum is never exhausted before its due period is over. The idea is that the beings possessed of the lifequantum open to time-reduction do happen to encounter some means or other like a weapon etc. that hastens death-with the result that they meet an untimely death—with the result that they meet an untimely death. On the other hand, the beings possessed of the life-quantum not open to time-reduction never meet untimely death however powerful might be the means of hastening death that they might possibly encounter.
Those Entitled to the Different Types of Life :
The beings born by way of sudden manifestation are necessarily hellish beings or heavenly beings. The beings possessing a body for the last time and the highly noble personages are necessarily human beings. The beings who, without assuming another birth, attain mokşa through this very boy are called beings possessing body for the last time, the tīrthankaras, cakravartins, vāsudevas etc. are called highly noble personages. The beings destined to live for asāňkhyāta years are some of the human beings and animals.
1. The human beings destined to live for asankhyāta years are doubtless born in the 30 akarmabhūmis, the 56 antardvīpas and the karmabhūmis. On the other hand, the animals destined to live for asarkhyāta years are to be found not only in the just mentioned worldregions but also in the continents and oceans lying outside the innermost circle of two world-continents and a half.