Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals
(Bahubrihi) could be utilised to clarify the meaning. Thus, it will mean those (knowledges etc.) which have 4, 3, 3 and 5 varieties respectively. Q. This aphorism has the the word 'Tri' (three) twice. Why it has not been reduced to one 'tri' only by making an exception to the addition compound ? A. It has not been done because one 'Tri' word does not clarify the proper meaning. Moreover, the second word 'tri' refers to another object (i.e. conation). There are, thus, specific reasons for the two 'tri' words. 2.Q. There should be inclusion of the word 'respectively' (Yathākarmań) in this aphorism to refer to the proper order between knowledge etc. and their number of varieties. A. This is not necessary. It is supplied from the second aphorism 2.2 as above. Thus, it means that there are four right knowledges, three wrong knowledges, three conations and five super-attainments. 3.Q. What is subsided and what is destroyed during the destruction-cumsubsidential volition? A. There are two types of supervariforms (Spardhakas) - (i) partially destroying and (ii) all-destroying. When there is realisation of all-destroying supervariform, no soul qualities are manifest even slightly. The absence of their realisation is called destruction. Similarly, the existence of non-realised alldestroying supervariforms is called subsidence as there is no manifestation of energy.
The destruction-cum-subsidential volition arises when (i) there is nonrealisational destruction of the earned and manifest all-destroying karmic supervariforms of the self, (ii) there is existential subsidence of the same and (iii) there is realisation of partially destroying supervariforms (of the karmas of sensory knowledge etc.) and (iv) there is existential subsidence of non-realised all-destroying karmic supervariforms. Due to these factors, there is no complete destruction. Hence, the volition is mixed. 4.Q. What is meant by the term 'Supervariform' (Spardhaka)? A. The space-points of realised karma are equal to infinite times the number of non-liberatables and infiniteth times the number of the salvated : Spacepoints of realised karma = no. of non-liberatables x co or,
= 1/00 x no. of the salvated beings. Out of these, the section of the space points having qualitatively minimum size is intellectually divided in such a way that it can not be divided further. These indivisible corresponding sub-sections are equal to infinite times the number of all the living beings in the universe. Their number is collectively called a 'variate' (Varga). Similar treatment is done on all the minimum sized karma spacepoints and corresponding variates are obtained. When this number is squared, one gets a set of varietes of equal number an quality. This set is known as variform (Vargana) or
Variform = (Variate)?
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