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## 524] The Chapter on Material Objects in the Six-Part Agama
[4, 1, 53] The creation of images from wood is called "Kaṣṭha-karma". The act of depicting gods, hell-beings, animals, and humans engaged in activities like dancing, etc., on cloth, walls, and boards is called "Citrakarma". "Potta" means cloth. Images made from cloth are called "Pottakarma". "Lepya" refers to coatings made from grass, sugar, clay, etc. Images made from these coatings are called "Lepyakarma". "Layana" means mountain. Images made from mountains are called "Layanakarma". "Śaila" means stone. Images made from stone are called "Śailakarma". "Gṛha" here refers to Jain temples, etc. Images made in these are called "Gṛhakarma". This means that houses made in the form of a horse, elephant, human, or boar (pig), etc., are called "Gṛhakarma". Images carved into the walls of a house are called "Bhittikarma". Images carved on elephant tusks are called "Dantakarma". Images made from ivory are called "Bheṇḍakarma". These are ten examples of "Sadbhāva-sthāpanā" (establishment of harmony).
Examples of "Asadbhāva-sthāpanā" (establishment of disharmony) should be understood as "Akṣa" and "Varāṭaka", etc. The word "Akṣa" refers to dice used in gambling and the axle of a cart, and the word "Varāṭaka" refers to cowries. Here, "Stambhakarma", "Tulākarma", "Halakarma", and "Musalakarma", etc., should be understood as examples. That in which something is established is called "Sthāpanā". "Amā" means "abheda" (non-differentiation), i.e., "Sthāpanā" (establishment) in the form of "Sadbhāva" (harmony) and "Asadbhāva" (disharmony). Those things that are established in this way are called "Sthāpanā-kṛti".
"Jā sā dabakadī ṇām sā duviha āgamdo davvakadī ceva ṇoāgamdo davvakadī ceva || 53 ||"
That which is "Dravyakṛti" (material object) is of two types: "Āgamda-dravyakṛti" (material object based on Agama) and "Noāgamda-dravyakṛti" (material object not based on Agama).
"Āgama", "Siddhānta", and "Śruta-jñāna" (scriptural knowledge) all have the same meaning. That which is free from the group of defects like "Āpta-vacana" (authoritative statement), "Pūrvāpara-virodha" (contradiction between earlier and later statements), etc., and illuminates all things is called "Āgama". That which is made from material objects based on this "Āgama" is called "Āgamda-dravyakṛti". One should understand "Noāgamda-dravyakṛti" as different from this "Āgamda-dravyakṛti". Thus, having described the two types of "Dravyakṛti" (material object), the next sūtra (aphorism) is spoken to describe the types of "Āgama".
"Jā sā āgamdo davvakadī ṇām tissie ime aṭṭahāhiyārā bhavanti-dvi-daṁ jidaṁ parijidaṁ vāyaṇopagadaṁ suttasamaṁ atthasamaṁ ganthasamaṁ nāmasamaṁ ghoṣasamaṁ || 54 ||"
That which is "Dravyakṛti" (material object) based on "Āgama" has these eight "Artha-adhikāra" (meaningful authorities): "Sthita" (established), "Jita" (conquered), "Parijita" (fully conquered), "Vācanopagata" (based on scripture), "Sūtrasama" (consistent with sūtras), "Arthasama" (consistent with meaning), "Granthasama" (consistent with text), "Nāmasama" (consistent with name), and "Ghoṣasama" (consistent with proclamation). || 54 ||
These are the nine authorities of "Āgama". Among these, the person who gradually progresses in "Bhāvāgama" (knowledge of the essence) like an old man or a sick person, is a person with that type of "Saṁskāra" (impression) and that "Bhāvāgama" as well.