Proceedings of the Seminar on Prakrit Studies 1973

SR No.: 014005
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 226
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 13 MB

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(3) kala (4) asana (5) alambanā (6) kramaņa (7) anu prekşā (8) leśyā (9) linga and (10) phala. Among them, bhavana and kramana through phala are likewise treated in Dhyānasatva or Tattvarıhasūtra and its vrtti. Although there are no regulations prescribed in the Agamas as to deša, kala and asana for dhyāna, says Jhānajjhayana 35-41, it is suggested to the untrained monks to choose the lonely places free from women, beasts, eunuchs etc.; both novices and experts in dhyāna are free to choose any time and posture as fit. Dhyānasatva does not refer to these topics. Alambana or condition of dharmya dhyana mentioned in Jhānajjhayanı-42, i.e., văcanā, praśna parāvariana and anucinta are found in Tattvarthasūtra-IX 25 as the divisions of sadhyāya, one of the internal ta pas. Jhanajjhayaņa adds sāma yika etc. to it, which are included in Tattvärthasūtra IX,18 as the divisions of caritra. Dharmya dhyāna is said in Jhanajjhayana 63 to occur to those of kşīņa and upaśāntamoha which are commented by Haribhadra as kņa paka-nirgranthas and upaśamaka-nirgranthas. They are those on the upašamašrent and kşa pakaśreni who can be those in the fourth to the seventh stages of gunasthana, Dhyanastava 15-16 read that it occurs to those in the fifth to the seventh stages prior to ascending those two śrenis. Bbāskaranandi mentions that it occurs to those in the fourth to the seventh stages in his vặti IX.38 after Pujyapāda and Akalanka, with a critical comment that it occurs to laymen in the fourth and fifth stages from the figurative point of view alone.
amayikaritra. Dhupasant
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