Soul Substance Jiva Dravya As Expounded In Dravya Sangraha

SR No.: 269765
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vijay K Jain
Total Pages: 26
Language: English
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Margaņāsthāna - fourteen material principles of jīva: 1. gati-mārgaņā - state of existence: The four states of existence are celestial beings (deva), infernal beings (nāraka), human beings (manusya), and plants and animals (tiryag). 2. indriya-mārgaņā - senses: The five senses are touch (sparśana), taste (rasanā), smell (ghrāņa), sight (cakṣu), and hearing (śrotra). 3. kāya-mārgaņā - body: Five kinds of immobile beings (sthāvara), and mobile beings (trasa). 4. yoga-mārgaņā - activities: The threefold activity of the body (kāya), speech (vāk), and mind (manah). 5. veda-mărgaņā-gender: Masculine, feminine, or common (neuter). 6. kaşāya-mārgaņā - passions: The passions are of four kinds: anger (krodha), pride (māna), deceitfulness (māyā), and greed (lobha). Each of these four is further divided into four classes, namely that which leads to infinite births (anantānubandhi), that which hinders partial abstinence (apratyākhyāna), that which disturbs complete self-restraint (pratyākhyāna), and that which interferes with perfect conduct (samjualana). Thus, the passions make up sixteen. The quasi-passions (no-kaşāya) are nine: laughter (hāsya), liking (rati), disliking (arati), sorrow (soka), fear (bhaya), disgust (jugupsā), the female sex-passion (striveda), the male sex-passion (puruṣaveda), and the neuter sex-passion (napunsakaveda). 7. jñāna-mārgaņā - knowledge: Knowledge is of eight kinds: sensory (mati), scriptural (śruta), clairvoyance (avadhi), telepathy (manahparyaya), omniscience (kevala), flawed sensory (kumati), flawed scriptural (kuśruta), and flawed clairvoyance (vibhanga avadhi). 8. samyama-margaņā - restraint: Consists in observing the rules of conduct (căritra), restraint-cum-non-restraint (samyama-asamyama), and non-restraint (asamyama). 9. darśana-mărganā - perception: Perception is four kinds: ocular perception (cakṣu), non-ocular intuition (acakşu), clairvoyant perception (avadhi), and perfect, infinite perception (kevala). 10. leśyā-mărganā - thought-complexion: Thought-complexion is the source or cause of vibratory activity of the soul coloured by passions. It is of six kinds, namely, black (krisna), blue (nila), dove-grey (kāpota), colour of a flame, yellow (pita), colour of lotus, pink (padma), and white (sukla). The first three are resultants of evil and the last three of good emotions. The Jainas give the example of six travellers in a forest. They see a tree full of fruits. The man with black leśyā would intend to uproot the tree, the one with blue leśyā to cut the trunk, the one with grey leśyā to cut the
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