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A special class of asur kumar gods is called parmadharmik. They are extremely brutal by nature. They feel happiness in causing trouble to others. They cut into pieces and beat the hellish beings in the first three hells in different ways. They enjoy the dreadful state of those beings. Such gods are of fifteen types. Their names are as under: 1. Umb, 2. Umbrish, 3. Shyam, 4. Shabal, 5. Raudra, 6. Upraudra, 7. Kaal, 8. Mahakaal, 9. Asipatra, 10. Dhanu:patra, 11. Kumbh, 12. Baluk, 13. Vatarni, 14. Kharswar, or 15. Mahaghosh.
In case one has any doubt about the nature of 15 said fifteen cruel celestial beings in adopting a conducts similar to them, he generates sin. In case such a feelings arises, the monk should remove it through repentance.
Pratikraman of 16 chapters : In the first book of Sutra Kritang, there are 16 chapters wherein conduct of a Jain monk has been narrated. In case any monk acts in a different way or interprets those chapters in a different way or has a faith not in line with them, it causes sin. That sin is removed through Gatha Shodashak Prati Kraman. The title of sixteen chapters of Sutrakritang are as under:
1. The doctrine (samay), 2. The destruction of karma (Vaitaliya), 3. The knowledge of troubles, 4. Kowledge of spiritual strength, 5. Description of hells, 6. Praise of Mahaveer 7. Description of the wicked, 8. On exertion, 9. The law, 10. Carefulness, 11. The path of salvation, 12. The creed, 13. The real truth, 14. the nigranth, 15, the yamaka, 16. the song (gatha).
Self-analysis and repentance in respect faults in practice of seventeen types of conduct of a monk: They are as follows: Lack of compassion for 1. earth-bodied, 2. water-bodied, 3. fire-bodied, 4. air-bodied and 5. vegetablebodied souls. Lack of comparison for 6. two-sensed, 7. three-sensed, 8. four sensed and' 9. five sensed living beings, 10. non-restraint towards lifeless objects, 11. Carelessness in finding seat (to sit at a place that contains living beings, 12. Carelessness in supporting an act of householder that in sinful, 13. Not to clean the cloth pot and the like according to the prescribed code, 14. To discard a thing without properly examining and cleaning the relevant place. Lack of restraint in respect of activities of, 15. mind, 16. Speech and 17. the body.
In case any of the above—said non-restraints has occurred in daily life, or the restraints have been interpreted wrongly or they have been believed in a different manner, the repentance is done for them in order to remove that fault.
आवश्यक सूत्र PA P
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