Jinamanjari 1999 04 No 19

SR No.: 524019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 88
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, Canada_Jinamanjari, & Canada
File Size: 5 MB

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Jinamañjari, Volume 19, No. 1, April 1999
SATPRARŪPAŅĀ SŪTRA English Rendition of Hindi Edition by Pandit Kailash Chandra Shastri
Dr. N.L. Jain, Rewa, India Continued from previous issue of Jinamañjari
In conformity with the Jaināgama coming down from ancient times, verse - 2
Etto imesim coddasaņham jivasamāsāņam magganam magganatthadāye Tattha imāņi coddasa ceva thaņāni bhavanti - 2
On this basis of the Āgamās, the fourteen mārgaṇasthānās (stations of investigation) are worth knowing and search into the fourteen jīva-samāsās (spiritual stages) - 2.
Q. Which category of märganasthāna, physical or psychical is intended in this verse ? A. According to the Jain tenets, the psychical type is intended.
Q. How one would learn about it? A. It is learnt from the term “Etāni (imāni)” in the verse, as explained and elaborated by Virasena in his Dhavala commentary. According to it, the directly perceived psychical märganasthāna is intended by the term "imāni" and the physical type is not intended as it is distant and variable with respect to location, time and nature. Thus, the nonomniscient can not have direct perception.
Q. What is the definition of mārganasthāna ? A. It is the method or topic of investigation wherein fourteen mārganasthānas in association with eight anuyogavārās (disquisition doors) are applied to study existence, numeration etc. It is also explained in the Gommatasāra Jivakānda (G)), 'verse 141: "One should know that there are only fourteen märganasthānas; and mārganasthāna is defined as topic of search through or under which the modes of the living beings,+ like the infernal modes etc are observed or indicated through scriptural knowledge."
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