Book Title: Agam 08 Ang 08 Antkrutdashang Sutra Sthanakvasi
Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana, Rajkumar Jain, Purushottamsingh Sardar
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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________________ (4) Tadvipareet Svapna-To get results opposite to what was seen in a dream. For example-A person dreams that his hands are filled with thorns and his palms have been pierced, but when he awakes someone presents him a bouquet of flowers. (5) Avyakt Svapna-Not to have vivid dreams or to forget what was seen in the dream is called Avyakt svapna. Besides these, dreams have been classified from different angles also in works on dream-divining. For example-Symbolic, indicative, physical, material, divine, spiritual, auspicious, inauspicious etc. The symbolic dreams are those which give indication about some happy or painful incident. For example-Someone saw a falling star in the sky. A few days later someone close and beloved to him died. The falling of a star was symbolic of the death of a loved one. Similarly to dream about increase in intensity of a star or a heap of gems indicates happy incidents in the future. Some dreams are indicative only. They only provide some indications. A special expertise is required to decipher these indications. For example-Someone sees a Jambu or mango-tree in his dream; it augurs some auspicious happening like gaining wealth, fame or son etc. On the contrary, if a funeral procession or thorny bush is seen in a dream it augurs unhappy incidents in the future. The physical dreams are related to animals and birds. If peaceful, auspicious animals or those which are considered symbols of piety, valour and patience like swan, elephant, lion, bull etc. are seen, they herald good tidings. One the contrary if inauspicious or evil animals like crow, vulture etc. are seen they forebode harm. The material dreams are those where one sees natural vistas like gardens, lakes, mountains, sea etc. or where the dreamer is himself involved in some activity in the background of the scene like climbing a mountain or swimming. The foreboding of these dreams depend on the situation. If a man is swimming peacefully in a sea it is auspicious but if he is tormented by waves its is inauspicious. Similarly if he is climbing happily, it indicates success but if gets tired and sits down to rest, it indicates failure. Divine dreams are those where either some deity out of affection, appears in dream or the dreamer sees himself as a god. Such dreams are auspicious. But seeing evil gods or their fearsome forms or their horrifying activities indicates terrible predicaments. Spiritual dreams are invariably harbingers of spiritual uplift. To see and pay homage to some ascetic, sage and other such pious persons, to find oneself sitting in religious congregation and listening to the discourses, to see oneself indulging in samayik or other religious activities, are some of these spiritual dreams and clearly indicate about the spiritual attitude and progress of the dreamer. Antakriddasha Mahima Jain Education International For Private Personal Use Only ४८१ www.jainelibrary.org

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