Chapter on Passion

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

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Chapters on Passions
Tripitakas also. The same style has been followed by KP author. Vīrasena has also followed it in SK commentary.
Quite a number of verses contain words like 'tu', 'ca', 'ādi', 'vă etc. which indicate the hidden meanings of the verses clarified by the commentator. Moreover, there are many terms which have been designated as 'part-mentioning' (Deśamarşaka) and their wholeness has been elaborated in the commentary.
The Prākṣta term 'sutta' (Sūkta, Good sayings, Sūtra, aphorism) has undergone change in meaning with times. In early days, the term meant collection of good sayings of the teachers. Now, it has changed to mean a composition with the above nine qualities. Jayadhavalā has mentioned seven kinds of Sūtras:
(1) Introductory (2) Section-mentioning (3) Questioning (4) Descriptive (5) Concluding (6) Consigning and (7) Doubting or apprehensive. All of them are found in KP and its Cūrņi.
(iii) Chapters
The verse-2 indicates that there are fifteen chapters in this text of 245 verses. Their names are given in verses 13-14. The number of verses in each chapter is also given in verses 3-8 which indicate some chapters are very small, while others are large. It would have been better if verses 13-14 had given before the verses 3-8. It would have given better order of verses. Virasena justifies this disorder by stating that without these verses, the verses 3-8 would have no value. In fact, they should be taken as short commentary of these two verses (13-14). They are the connected verses. He does not discuss about their proper order. Table-4 in Notes Section summarizes the number of verses in