Caurasi Bol

Author(s): Padmanabh S Jaini
Publisher: Siddhantacharya Pt Fulchandra Shastri Foundation Roorkee

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The thirty-four atishayas of a Tīrthankara are correct as they are listed by the Shvetāmbaras. (The Digambaras are wrong in including "absence of hunger” as an atishaya.) (138)
There is nothing wrong with taking water stored in a leather bag. (139)
It is not improper for a monk to receive food prepared from ghee that has been stored in a leather bag. (139)
Marudevī and Nābhi were twin brother and sister from whom Jina Rishabha was born. There is nothing improper in this considering the time when it took place. (140-141)
50.
It is proper for a sādhu to keep pātras for collecting food and water, clothes, and other requisites (upakaranas). (142-155)
51.
The Jaina Agamas are indeed still in existence (a fact disputed by the Digambaras).(156-157)
Concluding verses:
Hemaraj Pande has composed Eighty-four Points (Caurāsi Bol). Accordingly we also have refuted them in this spoken language (bhāshā). There are in the words of Digambaras a hundred more faults, but why waste time on them? (158-159)
A learned person has faith in that which is truthful, while a fool delights in falsehood. But if he were to trust only the true words and keep the company of saints, he would surely enjoy unbroken happiness. Thus says the Vācaka (i.e., Upādhyāya) Jasa (i.e., Yashovijaya). (160
161)
I give below a copy of the manuscript of Caurāsī Bol described above without any corrections, as only a single manuscript was available for this edition. Doubtful readings are indicated by (?).
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