Book Title: Agam 26 Prakirnak 03 Maha Pacchakhana Sutra
Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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________________ · • • • • Sub-human pentasensory Creatures (Tiryañca) • Human beings (Manusya) Total Trisensory creatures (Trīndriya) Quadrusensory creatures (Caturendriya) – Heavenly gods (Devatā) Hellish creatures (Nārakī) 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS: xiii 2 Dhyana (Meditation) - Concentration of the mind on a particular subject for a certain length of time is called meditation. The meditation is of four types' - 1. Despondent meditation (Ārtadhyāna), 2. Angered meditation (Raudradhyāna), 3. Pious concentration (Dharmadhyāna) and 4. Pure soulconcentration (Śukladhyāna). From the auspicious and inauspicious character point of view, the meditation is said to be of two types. The Artadhyāna and the Raudradhyāna are inauspicious or ignoble concentrations while the Dharmadhyāna and the Śukladhyāna are the auspicious or noble concentrations. Gärava (Vanity, arrogance) or big headedness. 1. Arrogance due to wealth (Rddhi-gārava), 2. Arrogance due to power (Rasa-gārava) and 3. Arrogance due to availability of luxuries (Sātā-gārava). A. Sthānanga, 4/1/60. B. Samavāyānga, 4/20. C. Śrī Jaina Siddhanta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 1, p. 193–194. 02 Lākha, 02 Lakha, 04 Lakha 04 Lakha D. Jainendra Siddhanta Kosa, Pt. 2, p. 494. A. Sthānānga, 3/4/505. Jain Education International 04 Lakha 14 Lakha 84 Lakha Gärava means vanity, arrogance Garava is of three types2 B. Samaväyänga, 3/15. C. Śrī Jaina Siddhanta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 1, p. 70. For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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