Jain Journal 2011 07

SR No.: 520283
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 54
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLVI, NO. 1-IV JULY.-JUNE 11-12
proṣādhopavāsa it has been shown that Ananda observed the fourth pratima by that time). It is mentioned in the text thus: tae ṇam tassa Anandassa manovasagassa uccavaehim silavvaya guṇaveramaṇa. paccakkhanam posahovavāsehiṁ appaṇam bhavemaṇassa cauddasa samvaccharaim vikkamtaim.
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Then Ananda appears as a caryā-śrāvaka. In the text is mentioned thus: jeṭṭha puttam kuḍumbe ṭhavittä....... jeṭṭha puttam apucchittä, kollae sannivese nayakulaṁsi posahasālām paḍilehittā samanassa bhgavao Mahavirassa amtiyam dhamma pannattim uvasampajjittā ņam viharai. In this course he observed vanaprastha āśrama after renouncing house hold life.
Then Ananda observed all the eleven pratimas gradually. The text says: tae nam se Anande samanovasae paḍhamam uvasaga paḍimam adasuttaṁ ahakappaṁ..........arahei. tae nam se Anande samanovasae doccam ahasuttaṁ ahakappaṁ......kittei arahei. Here Ananda stands as a naiṣṭhiaka śrāvaka. Then Ananda acquired avadhijñāna14. The territory of avadhijñāna was vast. The text mentions this as follows: puratthime nam jāṇai pāsai. Then Ananda got to be sadhaka by observing fast until death. It is told in the text thus: Anande ṇāmam. aṇavakaṁkhamāṇe viharari. Anande kidikiḍiya bhue kise dhamani samtae jāe. Ananda practiced spiritual austere as a śrāvaka for long twenty years out of which sex years he lived alone by renunciation of house hold life. Within six years of śravaka-hood he observed pratimas and appeared as naiṣṭhika and sadhaka-śrāvaka accordingly. Then Ananda left for another journey of life after having death and appeared in the Saudharmakalpa by the excellence and grace of his penance and spiritual practices.