Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhyaprajnapti Sutra Part 01 Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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(1) Achar Khand (Section on Conduct)-Codes of ascetic conduct; prudence related to food, movement, five samitis (self-regulations), three guptis (restraints), action, karma and five great vows; delineation of the conduct of good ascetic, non-ascetic, restrained, unrestrained and restrained-unrestrained ascetics, and other allied topics.
(2) Dravya Khand (Section on Entities)-Description of six entities or the physical world (Padarth-vaad), ultimate particles (Paramanu-vaad), mind, sense organs, intellect, movement, body and other related topics.
(3) Siddhant Khand (Section on Ontology)-Soul (atma), Paramatma or Supreme soul (perfected, enlightened and liberated), knowledge (jnana) including omniscience (Keval-jnana), developed and pure state of soul, being (jiva), non-being (ajiva), merit-demerit (punya-paap), inflow of karmas (asrava), blockage of inflow of karmas (samvar), shedding of karmas (nirjara), karma theory (karma-vaad), righteousness (samyaktva), unrighteousness (mithyatva), action (kriya), karmic bondage (karmabandh), methods of salvation from bondage and other related topics.
(4) Par-lok Khand (Section on Reincarnation or Next Life) Descriptions of divine realm (Dev-lok), infernal world and other areas. Detailed descriptions of colour, smell, taste and touch of infernal worlds, leshya (soul-complexion), karmic bondage, age, life-span and sufferings of infernal beings and number, land, conditions, castes and sub-castes, abodes, leshya, age, karmic bondage, life-span and enjoyments of divine beings. Description of liberated souls and the state of liberation (Siddha Gati).
(5) Bhugoal (Geography)-Lok (occupied space or the universe), Alok (unoccupied space or the space beyond), Bharat and other countries, land of endeavour (Karmabhumi) and land of enjoyment (Akarmabhumi) along with the description of the birth, life-span, leshya and karmic bondage of beings living there as well as rivers, mountains, hills, seas and other features.
(6) Khagoal (Astronomy)-Description of sun, moon, planets, constellations, stars, darkness, light, bodies of darkness (Tamaskaya), areas of darkness (Krishnaraji) etc.
(7) Ganit Shastra (Mathematics)-Alternatives of combinations of one, two, three and four things, Praveshanak Rashi, samkhyat (countable), asamkhyat (innumerable), anant (infinite), Palyopam and Sagaropam (metaphoric units of time), Kaal Chakra (cycle of time) etc.
(8) Garbha Shastra (Obstetrics)-Description of food intake, movement, development, body parts and birth of a being in womb.
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