Agam 05 Ang 05 Study Of Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra

Author(s): Suzuko Ohira
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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Finally X.31.364-69 offer a detailed process of attaining emancipation for a person who has either heard or not heard (socca-asocca; 'srutva-asrutva) the religious discourses delivered by those belonging to a kevali's camp as follows: (364-68) Asocca: (364) Several stages to attain kevalihood, which are couched in terms of karma prakrtis (cf. E-3b-2); (365) Heretics with vibhanga jnana can obtain avadhi by way of attaining samyaktva (i.e., by being converted to Jainas) (cf. C-1d-3); (366) Description of an avadhika and his steps for attaining kevalihood (cf. E-2); (367-68) Description of an asocca kevali (cf. F-2-1); (369) Socca: The same accounts as asoccā, the differing points of which alone are here explained (cf. F-2-1).
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What concerns us here is the content expressed in sutra 366. It considers an avadhika in terms of le'sya, jnana, yoga, upayoga, samhanana, samsthana, 'sarira (height), ayus, veda and kaşaya. The text continues to explain that an avadhika as such gradually abandone 4 gatis, 4 kaşayas, 5 jnanavaraniyas, 9 dars anavaraniyas and 5 antarayas, then thoroughly cutting off mohaniya karma accoumulated like a head-heavy plam tree, and upon scattering the dusts of karma, he becomes totally free from karmic obstructions and instantly attains kevala jnana-darsana. This concept is apparently the forerunner of so-called kşapaka 'sreni." Apurva-karana which is mentioned in this context does not make its appearance in the Prajnapana. The karma specialists are here making their way towards the formulation of the mechanism of gunasthanas. This text belongs to the final cononical stage.