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Brahmavan is one who practices celibacy of eighteen types.
These types are-Neither to indulge nor cause others to indulge or approve others of indulging in sexual activity relating to the divine realm through mind, speech and body. These nine types are related to the divine realm. In the same way there are nine types related to the physical realm which includes humans and animals, making a total of eighteen.
The message of this paragraph is that the person who properly understands sound and other sources of mundane pleasures and is free of attachment and aversion towards them is atmavan or spiritualist, jnanavan or sagacious, vedavan or scholar of canons, dharmavan or religious and brahmavan or chaste.
"One who knows the world through his knowledge (sagacity) is called a muni (ascetic)." This statement means that the seeker who rightly knows the world of beings with the help of the discerning attitude acquired through mati-jnana (sensory knowledge) and shrutjnana (the knowledge of the scriptures belonging to the oral tradition of Jains) is known as muni. The commentator (Vritti) has interpreted the word muni as-one who ponders over and understands the present, past and future activities of this world (is called muni). Here the term muni has been used as a synonym of jnani or sagacious.
One whose soul has become simple by getting rid of the complexities of mind through the knowledge of the real form of matter is called riju or anju.
The world filled with miseries like birth, aging, ailments and grief is called bhav-avart or whirlpool of rebirth. The place of origin of this (source) is attachment for mundane indulgences. Therefore he who knows about it is said to be acquainted with the source of whirlpool
Acharya Mahaprajna has interpreted avart as the fickleness of mind caused by attachment for sensual pleasures. Thus the sources of avart are sense organs. आचारांग सूत्र
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Illustrated Acharanga Sutra
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