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NandiSootra
number of mobile beings, and infinite immobile beings. Established with the help of shashvat (eternal or fundamental), krit (created or experimented) and natural evidences, the tenets of the Jina have been stated (akhyayita), propagated (prajnapit), detailed (prarupit), explained (with the help of metaphors) (darshit), clarified (with the help of examples) (nidarshit), and simplified (with the help of discourse style) (upadarshit).
It has been presented in such charan-karan style that if a person is engrossed in its studies, he becomes a scholar and an expert of the subject.
This concludes the description of Samvayang Sutra.
COMMENTARY -Sainuaya is proper and authentic substantiation of things like jiva (being). Samashraya means to accept things or forms perceived through samyak jnana (right knowledge).
In Samvayang Sutra also, like Sthanang Sutra, there are proper definitions of things in the same number-dependent style. After arriving at 100 it proceeds in hundreds-200, 300, 400, and so on up to 1, 000 - then in thousands and so on up to a crore or ten million.
At the end is given brief description of the twelve Angas along with the biodata, like names, names of parents, dates of birth, etc., of the sixty three shalaka purush (epochal personages).
5. VYAKHYAPRAJNAPTI SUTRA
[143] MEANING-Question - What is this Vyakhyaprajnapti?
Answer-In Vyakhyaprajnapti the jiva (being) has beendefined, the ajiva (nonbeing or matter) has been defined, the jivaajiva (being and matter) has been defined, sva-mat or Jain principles have been defined, par-mat or principles of other schools have been defined, sva-par-mat or principles of both these have been defined, lok (inhabited space) has been defined, alok (un-inhabited space or the space beyond) has been defined, and lokalok (inhabited and un-inhabited space) has by n defined. Vyakhyaprajnapti has limited vachana (readings, lessons, compilations, editions). It has countable Anuyogadwar, countable verses, countable couplets, countable niryukti (parsing), countable sangrahanis, and countable pratipattis.
This Vyakhyaprajnapti is fifth among the Angas. It has onei shrutskandha (part), more than 100 chapters, 10, 000 uddeshan kaal, 10, 000 samuddeshan kaal and 36,000 question answers. Measured in pad (sentence units) it has two hundred eighty eight thousand pads. It has countable alphabets, infinite gum (meanings) and infinite paryaya (variations). It has descriptions of limited number of mobile beings, and infinite immobile beings. Established with the help of shashvat (eternal or fundamental), knit (created or experimented) and natural evidences, the tenets of the Jina have been stated (akhyayita), propagated (prajnapit), detailed (prarupit), explained (with the help of metaphors) (darshit), clarified (with the help ofexamples) (nidarshit), and simplified (with the help of discoursestyle) (upadarshit). It has been presented in such charan-karan style that if aperson is engrossed in its studies, he becomes a scholar and anexpert of the subject.
This concludes the description of Vyakhyaprajnapti.
COMMENTARY -The popular name of Vyakhyaprajnapti is Bhagavati Sutra. It has 41 shataks (100 verses). In the fourteen shataks numbering 1 to 8, 12 to 14, and 18 to 20 there are 10 uddeshaks each. In the 15th shatak there is no uddeshak. In the remaining shataks the number of uddeshaks is inconsistent.
Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
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Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
