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NISHIDHIKA : NINTH CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
The name of the ninth chapter is Nishidhika (Nisihiya). • Nishidhika is also a technical term. The general meaning of
nishidhika is 'sitting place'. The Prakrit dictionary mentions nishithika and naishedhiki as alternative readings of nishidhika. The meanings include-cremation ground; ground where dead body is placed; sitting place; the attitude of abandoning sinful activities; place for study and self-study etc. (Paia Sadda Mahannavo, p. 414) Here nishidhika and nishithika both have been used to convey place of self-study. For self-study only such place is required where crowd, squabble, noise, harsh sounds, wailing and other such disturbances are prohibited as also acts of throwing dirt, excreta, and rubbish. A place which is free of any bad influences of activities producing or stimulating worry, sorrow, gloom, anger, fondness. The term ‘nasiyan', popularly used in Digambar sect is a
colloquial form of nisihiya only. + Of what type should that nishidhika be? How should one sit there
to study ? Where to sit ? What should not be done there? What should be done there ? As answers to all these points have been discussed in this chapter it is titled Nishidhika or Nishithika.
निषीधिका : नवम अध्ययन
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Nishidhika : Ninth Chapter
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