Samavayangasuttam

SR No.: 006941
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashok Kumar Singh
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology
Publication Year: 2012
Total Pages: 498
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English & agam_samvayang
File Size: 9 MB

Page 181

Samavāya thirty-two
129
Notes
A. In fact, there are sixty-four lords of gods, in all, classified equally into those with major attainments (rddhis) and minor attainments. This aphorism refers only to the first category of lords of gods. Abhayadevasuri' mentions that remaining thirty two lords of gods, sixteen each of sub-terenean gods and āņapannīka are considered to be possessing minor attainments, hence excluded from the group of those with major attainments. B. Rājapraśnīya, the 2nd Upānga depicts thirty two kinds of drama. Sūryābhadeva commands gods and goddesses to pay homage to Lord Mahāvīra by enacting these thirty two types of dramas. These dramas referred to herein are: 1. The first dance drama was shown with the accompaniment of orchestral
music representing the eight auspicious symbols, (1) svāstika, (2) śrīvatsa, (3) nandyāvarta (an auspicious mark with nine angles), (4) vardhmānaka, (5) bhadrāsana (an auspicious seat), (6) pitcher (kalaśa) (7) fish (matsya) and (8) mirror (darpaņa). The dancing gods and goddesses stood in the shape of a circle (āvarta), a circle in front of another (pratyāvarta), a row (śreņi), a row in front of another row (praśreņi), an angular figure (svastika), śrīvatsa, puşpamāņavaka, a person lifting another on his shoulders (vaddhmanaga), egg of a fish (matsyandaka), egg of a crocodile (makarandaka), jāra, cupid (māra), a row of blooming flowers (puspāvali), a lotus leaf (padmaprabha), a wave of the ocean (sāgarataranga), a spring creeper (vasanti
latā) and a lotus creeper (padmalatā). 3. The gods and goddesses turned into the shapes of 1. deer(ihāmrga), 2.
bullock (vrsabha), 3. horse(turaga), 4. (magara) crocodile, 5. bird (vihaga), 6. snake (vyālaka), 7. kinnara, 8. ruru, 9. deer (sarabha), rhinoceros, camara deer (resembling a buffalo), an elephant (kunjara),
a wild creeper (vanalatā) and a lotus creeper (padmalatā) respectively. 4. They performed dance in which bow-like shape is made on one side