Kartikeyanupreksha

SR No.: 090248
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kumar Swami
Publisher: Paramshrut Prabhavak Mandal
Total Pages: 589
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Religion
File Size: 19 MB

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INTRODUCTION
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In the context of the progress of Dhyana, Jinasena introduces four. fold Bhavana connected with i) jana, ii) darsana, iii) caritra and iv) vairā 96. The first consists of wicana, prochană, anuprekṣaṇa, parivartana and dharma-desang which are the varieties of swadhyaya or study according to the T.-sutra (IX. 25). The second consists of samveru, prasama, sthairya, asammāḍhatva, asmaya, astikya and anukampa, Four of these along with nirveda characterise samyaktva or Right Faith; and the remaining three cover some of the gas of Samyaktva (sthairya asuṁsaya ruciḥ, asaṁmidhatra amaḍha-drstih and asmaya). The third consists of the five Samitis, three Guptis and putting up with Parisahas, which along with Dharma, Anupreksa and Caritra wa Bocording to the T-sutra (IX. 2), the causes of Samvara. The last consists of the non-attachment for the pleasures of senses, constant thought on the nature of the body and pondering over the character of the universe." These bhavunas contribute to mental quiet (avyagrata dhiyah).
The sixteen causes which singly or collectively bring about the influx of Tirthakara-nama-karman and which are to be only reflected upon (samyag bhavyamānāni) are often called Bhāvanās.*
Whatever is to be reflected upon, literally speaking, would be called bhāvanā; and in that way anupreksa also came to be equated with bhāvanā in course of time. In the Thinamga and Ovandiya we get the term anuprekad only, so also in the Bhagawatt Aradhand of Sivarya. The following gatha of Kundakunda clearly shows how the term bhavana for anupreksi could have come into vogue:"
भावहि अणुक्खाओ अवरे पणवीस मावणा भावि भावरहिएण किं पुण बाहिरलिंगेण काय
Though not as a direct synonym for anupreksa Kundakunda uses the word bhavana' incidentally in concluding his exposition of astute. Vattakera
1) Sdenya-pannatti ( 55 f., ) & Vimsati-vinisika ( VI. 10-14) of Haribhadra; and also Sarvarthasidhi on the T-sutra I, 2.
2) See Ratnakarandaka ( Bombay, 1925) of Samantabhadra, verses 4, 11, 14, 25, etc. 3) The Tatra mentions some of these, see VII. 12 and the Sarvarthariddhi on the
game.
4). See the 7-utra VI, 24 and the Sarvarthasiddhi on the same. Śrutaskgara calls them Sixteen Bhavanis in his com. on the hdrapahuda ( Bombay 1920 ), p. 221.
5) Bhavapähuds 94 in the Set-Prabhṛtādi-sagrahah (Bombay 1920).
6) The pagavisa bhavana are those which go with five Mahavratas as noted above. 7) Barusammuvekkha 46 : देवादो वदिरन्तो कम्मविरहि अत तदणिको । घोक्खो हवेह अप्पा विि
भावणं कुब्जा