Tulsi Prajna 1975 07

SR No.: 524503
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahavir Gelada
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1975
Total Pages: 116
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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young ones of birds, creeping creatures, pig, tiger, bear, jackal, and monkey, but expressly not for the dog. The word kulavi may similarly be used for the young ones of elephant, cow, buffalo, ewe, deer, monkey, ape, black monkey and even human beings in addition to the young ones of beings with one sense only. The classical treatment in Tamil appears to be that as the infant grows it develops more and more faculties and ultima. tely, in the case of human beings it reaches the state of the sixth class.
Such a view may not be entirely inconsistent with the Tattvārtha Sutra. It says plants are the lowest and have one sense. Beings with two or more senses are mobile. There is probably no logical bar to the existence of unisensal beings other than pla. nts provided they are not classed as mobile ( or thrasa ). But the commentators of the Tattvā. rtha Sūtra do not appear to have taken such a broader view.
rding to Jain Dharm kā Prācbin Itihās, Part II, by Parmananá Sastri, there is no indication that any Jain book was written in Sanskrit prior to the Tattvārtha Sutra.
In this is contained the essence of Jain literature. For this reason, this book is uniformely accepted by all followers of Jainism. It is no doubt famous in the world of philosophy, but in the world of religion its standing is none the less. It has achieved the same greatness among the followers of Jainism as the Gita among the Hindus, the Koran among the Muslims and the Bible among the Christians.
(ls men Jain vangmay ká rahasya antarnihit hai. Is kāran yeh granth Jain Paramparā men saman roop se mânya hai. Dārshanik jagat men to yeh prasidh hua hi hai, kintu, ädhyatmik jagat men is kā samādar kam nahin hai. Hinduon men jis tareh Gita kā, mussalmānon men Quran kā, aur Issāyion men Bible kā jo māhatay hai, wohi mabaty Jain paramparā men Tattvārth sutra ko prāpt hai).
It is stated that at pre:ent there are two texts of the Tattvarth Sutra in use, the Digambar version and the Swetambar version. Among the two points of major difference of opinion mentioned in Jain Dharm ki Prachin Itibās are the following:
It may however be remarked that the commentators of Tattvārtha Sutra are not unanimous in their views regarding the interpretation of the portion in the Sutra which deals with the classification of animals. The Tattvārtha Sutra is among the most exalted Jain texts in Sanskrit in the Satra form. Acco
gaat 451-3
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