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
the deśa-virati-vrata. 26.
Uncultured talks, jokes etc., unbecoming boidly gestures, talkativeness, lending things to others without a proper thought, possessing in excess the things of daily requirementthese five are the failures of conduct connected with the anarthadandaviramana-vrata 27.
Improper bodily movement improper speech, improper mental act, feeling of disregard, lack of requisite memorythese five are the failures of conduct connected with the sāmāyika-vrata. 28.
To evacuate, urinate etc. at a place not properly inspected and not properly cleansed of dust, to receive and place things at such a place, to arrange bedding at such a place, feeling of diregard, lack of requisite memory—these five are the failures of conduct connected with the pausadhopavāsavrata. 29.
To eat what possesses life, to eat a thing containing what possesses life, to eat a thing mixed with what possesses life, to eat what causes intoxication, to eat what is not properly cooked-these five are the failures of conduct connected with the upabhogaparibhoga-parimāņa-vrata. 30.
To place the thing to be donated inside what possesses life, to cover it by what possesses life, to say about one's own possession that it belongs to someone else, malice, violating the fixed time—these five are the failures of conduct connected with the atithisaṁvibhāga-vrata. 31.
To wish for life, to wish for death, affection for friends, refreshing the memory of past pleasures, to wish for some sort of enjoyment as a result of penance and renunciationthese five are the failures of conduct connected with saṁlekhanā unto-death. 32.
The rule of conduct that is accepted in full faith and with a full understanding—that is called vrata. In accordance with this meaning of the word vrata all those twelve vratas of a householder are properly called vrata. However, in the present