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________________ (1) Hasya--frivolity. (ii) Ruti—love ; (iii) Arati-hatred (iv). Shoka-sorrow; (v) Bhaya---fear; (vi) jugupidi --likes-and-dislikes : (vii) Stri o'cla : (viii) Purush veida and (ix) Napunsaku icila. All these are detrimental to the right conduct of the jivi. Of these nine necessary Corelates of Passions, the first six ive need hardly deal with, they being very widely understood as common enotions. To take therefore the last three ;(vii) Stri iedumis that kind of karma which awakens sexual appetite in females at the sight of or in contact with males: just as the predominance of biliousness creates a desire for the sweets. The characteristic phenomenon of this erotic instinct in woman is such that a mere touch with the delicate and beautious parts which add to her personal charms quickens this lower instinct into a debasing animal propensity just as a mild faning or blowing quckens the fire under ashes into a blaze to consume things. 106
SR No.011043
Book TitleEncyclopaedia Of Jainism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorP C Nahar, K C Ghosh
PublisherSatguru Publications
Publication Year1996
Total Pages848
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size13 MB
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