Anekantajay patakakhyam Prakaranam Part 2

SR No.: 008406
Original Sutra Author: Haribhadrasuri
Author: Munichandrasuri
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 503
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Philosophy
File Size: 11 MB

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INTRODUCTION
XXXVII
Worship of the Deity and its varieties and sub-varieties are treated in Visiyā VIII.
In Visiyă IX, the life of the Jaina laity is expounded. Visiya X deals with the postures of a Jornace householder.
In Vīsiyū XI there is exposition of the life of the Jaina monastic order..
In Vísiyã XII religion is compared with a kingdom and a perfectly religious monk with a monarch. Religious instruction is its central tlieme.
Visiyā XIII explains the forty-two faults to be avoided by the Jaina clergy while accepting alms.
Visiyā XIV discusses the factors which act as obstacles in partaking the alms obtained in a faultless manner.
Confessions of faults and atonements are the respective topics of Visiyās XV and XVI.
In Visiya XVII, v. I yoga is defined as an activity leading directly to salvation. Verse 2 mentions the five divisions of yoga. Of them the first two comprises karma-yoga and the last three jñāna-yoga. Each of these divisions has four varieties, and each of them four sub-varieties. Thus yoga is of eighty types. In v. 8 there is mention of anukampa, nivved, sanvega and pasama respectively. Verses 17-20 mention the four varieties of good practice. This Vīsiyā does not deal with the initial stage of spiritual development but rather the mature one. The topic of this Visiya and the style of treating it agree with those of Sodasaka. This Visiyū is commented upon by Nyāyācārya Yaśovijaya Gani.
Omniscience is the central theme of Vīsiyā XVIII.
Various types of the liberated souls form the subject. of Visiyā XIX. These have for their basis the condition of life in their last birth as a human being. That emancipation is not the sole right of males but is equally shared even by females, is ably discussed in v. 6-12.
Prof. K. V. Abhyankar has stated in his notes that the following verses tally with others :
IV, 14- Sammaïpayarana (III, 53). For comparison see Svetāśvataropanişad (I, 2).
VI, 5 & 6( the first hemistiches ) = the first hemistiches of Avassayanijjutti (v. 105 & 106).