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10. Kilbişika12
11. Tiryañca (deśavirata)
12. Ajivaka13
13. Abhiyogika14
14. Svalingi but darśana
vyāpanna (i.e. nihnava)
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From Saudharma to Lamtaka From Bhavanavast to Sahasrara kalpa
From Bhavanavasi to Acyuta
From Bhavanavāsi to Acyuta From Bhavanavāsī to Graiveyaka
The following facts emerge from the above account. Even without the internal purity merely by the external pure conduct a living being can acquire the desert of being born in the celestial regions upto Graiveyaka. The importance of the acceptance of the external marks like dress, etc. of a Jaina monk is implied in items 1 and 14. With internal purity the practice of moral discipline makes it possible for a living being to take its next birth in Sarvärthasidhi celestial region which is the highest position among the Vaimanika gods. The comparison of items 7, 9, 12 with the items 1, 14 makes it clear that a person (who has no faith in it but) who simply bears the external marks of the Jaina monk is on a higher plane than a follower of a non-Jaina religion. Thus here the emphasis is on the external marks and behaviour than on the internal purity.
At the end of this chapter there occurs an enquiry about the life-spans of asañjñt living beings (1471-73). We are given the information regarding the nāraka-ayukarma and deva-āyukarma that they bind, as also their relative numerical strength. The commentator has given no reason for the inclusion of this discussion in this chapter.
simply a loin-cloth the end of which, after being carried round the body, is gathered up behind and tucked into the waist-band; whereas by the term parivrājaka is meant a class of Sankhya mendicants.
12. A person of deceitful nature who abuses jñāna (knowledge), kevali
(an omniscient being), dharmācārya (religious preceptor) and monks is called kilbişika. This definition of kilbişika occurs in Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya (gāthās 1302-1307). Ac. Malayagiri has quoted this definition in his commentary on Prajñāpanāsutra. The commentary on Brhatkalpabhāṣya tells us that such a person, while condemning knowledge, declares that works like Suryaprajñapti (dealing with Astronomy) and Yoniprabhṛta are of no use to those who want to attain liberation (Commentary on gathā 1303).
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13. Followers of Gośalaka.
14. Abhiyogika means a person who performs vasikarana (subjugation of other persons) etc. with the help of magical skill and chants etc. A description of an abhiyogika occurs in Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya (gāthās 1308-14). Ac. Malayagiri quotes it in his Prajñāpanāțikā. Practice of such magical performances causes demerit when they are practised with a view to acquiring fame (Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya, gā. 1314).
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