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7.Ketubhoot, 8.Pratigrah, 9. Samsar Pratigrah, 10. Nandavart, and 11. Upasampadanavart.
This concludes the description of Up-sampadan Shrenika Parikarma.
COMMENTARY -Up-sampadan means to receive or to accept. For example - sanjamam uvasampajjami or "I accept discipline." On the basis of the title it can be deduced that this section must be dealing with the act of accepting as well as the things and subjects worth accepting. In this context their must also be a detailed discussion about the capacities and proportions of the subjects and objects. It may also contain details about the things helpful in spiritualpractices.
(6) VIPRAJAHAT SHRENIKA PARIKARMA Question - What is this Viprajahat Shrenika Parikarma?
Answer - Viprajahat Shrenika Parikarma is said to beof eleven types-1. Prithakagash pad, 2. Ketubhoot, 3.Rashibaddha, 4. Ek Guna, 5. Duiguna, 6. Triguna, 7.Ketubhoot, 8.Pratigrah, 9. Samsar Pratigrrh, 10.Nandavart, and 11. Viprajahadavart. This concludes the description of Viprajahat Shrenika Parikarma.
COMMENTARY. - Viprajahat means worth rejecting or that which has to be left away. On the basis of the title it may be deduced that this must contain detailed discussion about all the things that are worth rejecting. Contact may be beneficial as well as harmful. It is better to loose a contact that is harmful. This section deals with separation or loosing contact. Therefore it must contain discussions about all those things, from numerous angles, that are worth rejecting at some point of time under some conditions for some one.
This indicates that this must contain details about things to be abandoned in spiritual, health, and moral context.
(7) CHYUTACHYUT SHRENIKA PARIKARMA Question - What is this Chyutachyut Shrenika Parikarma?
Answer - Chyutachyut Shrenika Partkarma is said to be of eleven types-1. Prithakagash pad, 2. Ketubhoot, 3.Rashibaddha, 4. Ek Guna, 5. Dviguna, 6. Triguna, 7.Ketubhoot, 8.Pratigrah, 9. Samsar Pratigrah, 10. Nandavart, and 11. Chyutachyutavart.
This concludes the description of Chyutachyut Shrenika Parikarma. The first six parikarmas are based on four nayas and the seventh on Trairashik vaya.
This concludes the description of parikarma.
COMMENTARY -It appears that this section must have contained details about the Tratrashik School. There are three viewpoints popular in Jain school - Samyat, asamyat, and samyatasamyat; diva, ajwa, and jtvajiva; etc. In the same way it is possible that in the Trairashik School the terms - chyut, achyut, and chyutachyut may have been popular. The concluding sentence of the partkarma section also indicates this - "The first six parikarmas are based on four nayas and the seventh on Trairashik nava." It may also be inferred that the first six parikarmas present Jain viewpoint and the seventh that of others like Trairashik).
* 2. SUTRA* Question - What is this Sutra?
Answer - Sutra is said to be of twenty two types-1. Rijusutra, 2.Parinataparinat, 3.Bahubhangik, 4.Vijayacharit, 5.Anantar, 6.Parampar, 7.Asan, 8. Samyuth, 9.Sambhinna, 10. Yathavad, 11.Svastikavart, 12.Nandavart, 13.Bahul, 14.Prishtaprishta, 15.Vyavart, 16. Evambhoot, 17Dvikavart, 18. Vartamanapad,
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Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
