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## Kasaya Pahuda Sutra
## The Clarity of the Churnikar - The Study of the Kasaya Pahuda Churnika
The Kasaya Pahuda Churnika reveals the profound scholarship and vast Agam-knowledge of the Churnikar. It also reveals their clarity through a particular mention.
While describing the form of the Kshapaka in the Charitramochakshaprana-Adhikar, it was necessary to describe the form of the Yavamdhya. The Churnikar was unable to do so at that point. Later, at the end of the chapter, the Churnikar writes:
"Javamjyan kayavvan, vissaridan lihidu." - (Page 840, Sutra 676)
Meaning, "The form of the Yavamdhya should be described here. We forgot to write it earlier during the opportunity to describe the Kshapaka form."
Seeing such clarity from such a great Acharya, who wouldn't be captivated by their Vitragata? This mention reveals the simplicity and selflessness of the Churnikar's heart. It also reveals a new fact: the Churnikar wrote the Kasaya Pahuda Churnika themselves. This is why they use the word "lihidu." If they had spoken the Churnika and had it written by someone else, they wouldn't have used "lihidu." Instead, they would have used another word like "bhanidu" or "paruvedu."
One might ask, if they wrote the Churnika with their own hands, why didn't they write the Yavamdhya form where it was necessary? Javlakar answers that such a mistake is impossible for a Vitragi and Agam expert like Acharya Yativrupbha. They actually mentioned it here as a final lamp to help the disciples understand the true meaning.
Whatever the case may be, the Churnikar's clarity reveals their Vitragata, selflessness, simplicity, and greatness.
## Uccaranavritti
What is Uccaranavritti? - The Churnikar considered the description of certain topics to be essential in the explanation of this text. They described these topics in a general way (Ogh) and then either didn't describe them specifically (Aadesh) or described them through one or two aspects like motion, senses, etc. They entrusted the responsibility of describing the remaining aspects to the Uccaranacharyas or Vyakhyanacharyas through Samarpana Sutras. Readers can understand this from Appendix No. 6.
After the Nirvana of Bhagwan Mahavir, his teachings were passed down orally until the time of the Shrutakevalis. After them, some specific Acharyas summarized the various Angas and Purvas and compiled them into Gatha-Sutras. The word "Gatha" means "songs to be sung." The word "Sutra" means a concise composition of words that convey a great and vast meaning. It contains symbolic seeds that encompass the intended subject. By creating such Gatha-Sutras, the Acharya creators would instruct their worthy disciples on the method of reciting the meaning conveyed by the Gatha-Sutras and the way to explain them. They...