Sthaviravali

SR No.: 006961
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 232
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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#sfaiteføgifnania, narrafra, atsegin met aur Gaņos syāstīti Gani-Bhāvācārya stasya pitakamiva-ratna karandaka miva Ganipitakam-Dvādaśāngi, tadapi na déśatah Sthūlabhadra syéva kim tu, samastam, sarvāksbara sannipātitvāt, taddbārayanti sütratosrthatascha yé té tathā-He who is at the head of a Gana Tur, an assemblage of ascetics is called a Gaņi tot, a Bhāvācārya ateria forfaz wargrdegf26-IG #TUTSA-legint-aerTafra a-were possessors of the whole treasure-box of Knowledge, possessed by a Gaņi or Bhāvācārya-Dvādaśāngi-like a little-box of wicker-work containing gems, not a portion of it, as was done by Mahātma Sthūlabbadra, because they know all the words and the various combinations of the words of the Sūtras and their meanings and they went to Moksa lainat acquired Liberation-became entirely destitute of all miseries-at Rājagriha while remaining as firm as a tree, and observing a fasting without water for one month. i Stha vira Indra bhūti and Sthavira Arya Sudharma, both of them, attained Moksa atau Liberation, after the Nirvana fagfur Final Emancipation; Union with the absolute, of Sramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra, the remaining nine Ganadbars reached the abode of the Blest, during the life-time of Srama na Bhagavān Mahāvira.
Only Stba vira Indrabhūti and Stha vira Arya Sudharna acquired Liberation after the Nirvāņa of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra and all those Jain ascetics, perfectly free from all bonds, who are, even at present, existing, are the disciples of the continuous family of disciples of Sthavira Arya Sudharma, The remaining nine Gañadbars baving no continuous family of disciples attained Moksa after entrusting their individual Gana to Sthavira Arya Sudharma at their death-time.
It is said मासं पाओवगया सव्वेऽवि अ सव्वल डिसंपन्ना । बजरिसहसंघयणा समचउरंगा य संठाणा ॥ १ ॥