International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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63. yateh Samudraguptasya samīpe bahubhih samam
rājabhi rājasam bhāvam parityajya su-lesyaya
Feeling calm because of that, he gave his kingdom with a consecration rite to his eldest son and started practising penance without desires with the yati Samudragupta, together with many other princes, giving up passion with a good soul colour (leśyā).67
64. sârädhana-catuskah san-viśuddhyâikadašânga-dhrt
pratyavāms tirtha-krn-nāmno bhāvayām āsa sodaśa 65. vathôktam bhāvayitvâitān nama baddhvântimam śubham
ciram ghoram tapah krtvā prānte śäntântar-ätmakah
With fourfold propitiatory declarations (?),68 by his actual virtue in possession of the eleven Angas, he meditated on the sixteen causes leading to tirthakrt-ship69 and, having meditated on them separately as stated to attained final bliss. He practised horrible penance for a long time and at the end reached inner peace.
66. prāyôpagamanam prāpya pratima-yogam āsthitaḥ
dhirah Ksīra-vane dharma-dhyānād hino nirākulah
Observing vows of self-castigation” he fasted unto death as a wise man in the forest on Mt. Ksīra,73 without falling from pious meditation,74 calm.
67 On these see, e.g., Bollée 1977: 144f.; Bānthiyā & Coradiyā 1966.
68 Also vs 68. On these: darśana, jñāna, caritra and tapas, see, e.g., Upadhye 1943: 47ff.; Johnson, op. cit., V 134 (gratitude for being allowed to perform good actions, request for pardon for sins committed, complete submission to arhat, siddha, dharma, sādhu, and fast unto death) and VI 19. In Thānanga arahana is either two- or eightfold.
09 Varni 1972 U11: 236 under bhāvanā $ 2.- Professor P.S. Jaini (p.c.) kindly refers me to Talivârthasūtra IV 23 and Tatia 1994: 161f. where the 16 causes of body karma leading to the life of a Jina are listed; the Svetambaras know four more of them. A synonym is kārana.
70 Source or parallels unknown to me.
7 As against the pädôpagamana of the Svetâmbaras, Gunabhadra apparently knew the correct expression very well; sce hereon Alsdorf 2006: 64ff.
72 See note on vs 15.
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