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सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र
Salient Elucidations
Gatha 23-In ancient age there were four disputations of philosophical school of thought-1. Kriyavada 2. Akriyáváda 3. Ajñánaváda and 4. Vinayavada. Detailed description of all these can be read in Sutraktinga
(1) Kriyavadins accept the existence of soul, but they were suspicious about its conception like-prevalence-non-prevalence, doer-undoer, with form or formless etc.
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(2) Akriyāvādins do not accept even the existence of soul. Therefore in their sect there was no acceptance of merit-demerit, this loka other loka, world-salvation or bondage-liberation etc. This was the heretic (af) tradition of that age.
(3) Ajänavadins accept attainment of salvation by ingnorance. In their opinion, only knowledge is the root cause of all sins. All the cobats blow up from only knowledge. Salvation is attained by uprooting knowledge in their opinion.
(4) Vinayavadins accept-suppose that liberation can be attained by only courtesy and modesty or humility. According to their thinking all the chagrins can be removed only by saluting with faith all the beings of world, may they be gods, demons, kings, poor, penancers, afflicted to sensual pleasures, elephants, horses, cows, buffalloes, jackals and every man, even beasts and birds.
There were 180 divisions of Kriyavadins, 84 of Akriyavadins, 67 of Ajäänavadins and 32 of Vinayavadins. Thus there were 363 divisions of heretics in all at that time.
Gatha 28-The meaning of 'Divyavarşafatopama', as told by ksatriya monk, is that-as in this human world according to the viewpoint of human-folk a man enjoys the complete duration of 100 years, in the same way I have enjoyed the duration of complete Divya hundred years' gods' life.
'Pali is meant for Palyopama and Mahapali for Sagaropama. Páli is like an ordinary tank and Mahāpāli as an ocean.
Palyopama-one Yojan (9.9 miles high with same vastness a palya) a sack or a well of the size as aforesaid, if filled up to the brim by smallest bits of the hairs of 7 days' child and then after per hundred years one bit of hair is taken out. The well completely emptied in a period, that is called a palya. Ten crores multiplied by ten crores palyas make a sågara. Thus sågara is a circle of time as wide and long as the water-drops of an ocean. It is a simile. Therefore these are also called as palyopama and sagaropama.
Gatha 51-sirasa sira means by giving head, taking head. Its inherent meaning is-becoming free from the wish of life, highest placed in manly body-like a head, to attain the highest abode-salvation.
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Note-For the episodes of the kings, hinted in this chapter, the full description is given in the book Uttaradhyayana Mahima. Here (in this book) the short information given through illustrations. So readers are requested to read Uttaradhyayana Mahima for detailed study and information about the great men and kings mentioned in this chapter.
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