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Asravas are 42 in number, of which the principal ones are 17 as follows : Pleasures to five organs of senses—5 Passions, viz., anger, pride, attachment and greed - 4 Non-fulfilment of 5 great vows — 5 Activities of body, mind and speech - 3 S. 118
-TT-The word 975 is particularly deserving of note. This is in feminine gender, and not in neuter gender. It seems that in olden times, pots of certain size / measure used for eating, cooking or storing food were called man, of which the feminine form would be qrfait, Prakrit 978 IS. 118 HT--Subjective inclination that induces the soul to activity and imparts to the soul a certain tinge. Six tinges have been named as black, blue, ash, red, pink and white. This is in ascending order of purity, 'black' being the worst and 'white' being the best. The idea is illustrated as follows with the help of an example. Six persons with these six tinges desire to eat the fruits of a tree. How would they behave ? The person with black tinge will cut the tree at the very root. The one with blue tinge will chop its branches. The one with ash tinge will cut one branch only, bearing fruit for his consumption. The one with red tinge will pluck all the fruits, green as well as ripe. The one with pink tinge will pluck only the ripe fruits. The one with white tinge will take only those ripe fruits that have dropped on the ground, but will not touch the tree. S. 118 FunTH-name of a town. So goes the story that this town sprang up on a pile of bones of animals and human beings whom a yakşa killed and devoured. It was located somewhere in Rådhå (modern West Bengal).
S. 122 TTA-stay/sojourn in between summer and winter, or in between ceaseless wanderings. From this, it follows that the monk should stay at one place during the rainy season. It does not mean a 'rainy night, as interpreted by Jacobi. S. 122
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