Agam 45 Chulika 02 Anuyogdwar Sutra

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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57-61. Then what is the khamdha as substance-potential, with scriptural knowledge? The khamdha as substance-potential, with scriptural knowledge, is concerned with a person by whom the khamdha treatise has been studied, the rest being the same as spoken of in the case of Avassaya as substance-potential only substituting (the word) khamdha (for Avassaya)...up to...Then what is the khamdha as substance-potential other than body of the knower and the body of the competent person (as in sutta No. 14-19) ? The khamdha as substancepotential other than the body of the knower and the body of the competent person is stated to be threefold, viz. (i) sentient, (ii) nonsentient, and (iii) (sentient and non-sentient) mixed together.
62. Then what is the khamdha as substance-potential which is sentient ? The khamdha as substance-potential, which is sentient is stated to be manifold, viz. the horse-conglomerate1, the elephant-conglomerate, the kinnara-conglomerate (kinnara is mythical being with human figure and a head of horse or with a horse's body and the head of a man), the kimpurisa-conglomerate (kimpurisa is mongrel being or evil being similar to men), the mahoraga-conglomerate (big serpent), the gamdhavva-conglomerate (demigod or celestial musician) and the usabha (bull)-conglomerate2.
This is the khamdha as substance-potential, which is sentient.
63. Then what is the khamdha as substance-potential, which is non-sentient? The khamadha as substance-potential, which is nonsentient is stated to be manifold, viz. (a material body) consisting of two space-points (du-paesie) 3, (a material body) consisting of three space-points, ...up to (a material body) consisting of ten space-points, (a material body) consisting of numberable space-points, (a material body) consisting of innumerable space-points, (material body) consisting of infinite number of space-points.
This is the khamdha as substance-potential, which is non-sentient.
64. Then what is the khamdha as substance-potential, which is a mixture (of the sentient and the non-sentient)? The khamdha as
1. That is, the soul which has taken the shape of a horse. As the soul has extension in space, it is conceived as a skamdha composed of innumerable space-points.
The MJV edition and the Commentary, p. 35 B, does not include the word gamdhavvak hamdha in the text. The Commentary says that sometimes gandharvaskandha and the like are included in the text. It also adds: Pasu-pasayavihaga-vānarakhamdhetti kvacid drsyate, that is in some versionst he conglomerates of goat, spotted antelope, bird and monkey are found.
3. The word paesa (Skrt.pradesa) means a space point occupied by an atom,
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