Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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JIVA
209 Soul, as was pointed out before, is of the same extent as the Body: but when for some reasons, the Soul expands itself beyond the dimensions of the Body and then contracts itself into the form of the Body again, it is said to have Samud ghata At the time of the Samudghata, the Jiva is said to be in the state of Anaharaka.
When the Soul has Sarira-Paryapti it gets the Body, becomes capable of doing the bodily functions e.g., moving from place to place etc., and is possessed of the Life, called Sarirabala. The Body is of five kinds viz.,-Oudarika, Vaikriyika, Aharaka, Taijasa and Karmana. The last two bodies have no sense-organs; these two are attached to the Soul from the beginningless time. The other three bodies are sometimes joined to the Soul and some times they fall off. Beside the Karmana and the Taijasa, the human beings and the lower animals have the Oudarika body. The celestial and the infernal beings have the Vaikriyika body in addition to the Karmana and the Taijiasa bodies. The body which some sages assume for some particular purposes in addition to the Karmana, the Taijasa and the Oudarika bodies, is called the Aharaka.
The Jiva is possessed of the Life, called the Indriya when the Indriya-Paryapti is complete. Senses are five in number, and hence the corresponding sense.Life also is of five modes.
On the completion of the Vachana-Paryapti, the Soul gets the Life which is called Vachana-Bala, enabling it to speak.
When the Soul has the Pranapana-Paryapti, it attains the Pranapana-Lile i.e., it becomes capable of breathing.
On the attainment of Manah-Paryapti the Jiva is possessed of the Lile, called the Manas or Mind.
Every Samsari Soul has the above Lives. The expression of a temporal soul in and through those avenues, has been called the Margana. The Marganas are fourteen in number,—Gati, Indriya, Kaya, Yoga, Veda, Kashaya. Jnana, Samyama, Darsanopayoga, Lesya, Bhavyatoa, Samyak-Darsana, Samjnitua and Aharakatua. Gati is a Karma which accounts for a soul's varied status as a celestial being etc. Indriya or sense is the organ of Indra, the soul. A Samsari Jiva has a Kaya or body e.g. the earthShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat