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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KĀRTTIKKYANUPEIKĻA
the exposition of many subjects such as Jiva-and-Jana, nature and three kinds of Jivas, various substances and their nature, varieties and function of knowledge, various Nayae ata. 11) The nisam point of view helps one to distinguish Atman from everything else: this is correct knowledge, true enlightenment, rather difficult to be obtained. This is quite precisely put in B. K elaborates the series of rarities (which are hinted in M, Bha and Mar), and how the religious enlightenment is the rarest and possible only in human birth. So one should devote oneself to the realization of Atman, constituted of Darśana, Jiana and Caritra. 12) B describes twofold Dharma, of eleven stages for the householder and tenfold for the monk; the former are only enumerated and the latter are explained in details. From the real point of view, the pure Atman should be reflected upon. M glorifies Dharma as preached by Jina and expounds the tenfold Dharma for the monk, Bha and Mar glorify religion and just hint some details. What B has done in a nutshell K. has elaborated to the utmost: the twofold religion is explained in all the details. The twelve Pratimas are expounded giving exhaustive details about the Apu-, Guna and Siksa-vratas, and then follows the exposition of the ten-fold Dharma in details. Then Dharma is defined; the characteristics of a man of faith are given; and lastly Dharma is glorified. Then follows the description of twelve penances which lead to the destruction of Karman, with a concluding discourse on Dhyana of four kinds.
Directly or indirectly, K has inherited a good deal from these Prakrit sources, but in every case K presents a lucid exposition if the topics are general and a detailed discussion, if the topics are difficult and enumerative.
Svămi Kumāra seems to have drawn on some additional sources as well. It is interesting that the enumeration of the twelve Anupreksās adopted in K is different from that found in B, M and Bha (which agree among themselves) but agrees with the one found in the Tattvärtha-sutra (TS) of Umasvati, as already noted above, Secondly, in a number of places, especially of technical discussion, K reminds one of TS, as well as its commentary, viz., the Sarvarthasiddhi (8) of Pujyapada. Some contexts may be noted by way of illustration:
i) K 88 ff reminds one of TS, VI. 1 f., and some words in 88 echo the commentary of Pujyapada (atma-pradesa-parispando yogah).
ii) K.95 ff, is an exposition closely following TS, IX, 14, etc. along with S.
In this way, in almost all places where we have enumerative and technical discussion, the influence of TS is apparent. Of the two earliest