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Bhāratī
A careful study of Agamas shows the reflection of the thoughts of the different contemporaneous sects. Let us take some of the passages on the point. The Sutrakṛtänga is one of the earlier canonical works of Svetambara Jainas. It refers to many different philosophical views prevalent in those days. Let us briefly review some of them.
संति पंच महभूया इहमेगेसि माहिया ।
सू. १-१-१-८.
पुढवी आउ तेऊ वा वाउ आगासपंचमा । सू. १-१-१-७ एए पंच महब्भूया तेभ्यो एगोत्ति आहिया । 3rari faurravi faurret at afgurt 11 Some say that this world consists of merely five elements. They. are earth, water, fire, air and sky. They also explain that the soul is created out of these five elements and is destroyed with their destruction.
The commentator Silanka rightly attributes this view to the Cārvāka.1 It is well known that Cārvāka does not accept the independent existence of any soul from the body and looks upon it as the resultant of the combination of the five above stated elements.
जहा य पुढवीथूमे, एगे नाणाहि दीसइ ।
एवं भो कसिणे लोए, विन्नू नाणाइ दीसइ ||
सू. १-१-१-९.
(Some believe) that as though the earth is one yet is seen in different forms, similarly the whole of this world which is the form of Atmā is seen differently.
1 A. C. Sen attributes the view stated in verse No. 8 to
afe and criticising Jecobi states "Jecobi has linked this verse with the following one. This is not justified, for the latter refers to Vedanta." His criticism is right as far as the latter verse No. 9 is concerned because it refers to Vedanta view. However verse No. 8 refers to the view of the Cārvāka school. The commentator Silanka is of the same opinion. The view of तज्जीव-तच्छरीरवादिन् is referred to in verse No. 11 and 12 of the same chapter, i.e. 1-1-1. The commentator Silāika commenting on them clearly states साम्प्रतं तज्जीवतच्छरीरवादिमतं पूर्वपक्षयितुमाह. Even though the view of तज्जीव तच्छरीरवादिन् does not differ much from that of the Carvaka, still it should be noted that in verse No. 8 the view of off is not referred to. In fact verse No. 7 and No. 8 clearly go together and refer to the view of Carvāka while verse No. 11 and No. 12 refer to -107 वादिमत For A. C. Sen's criticism vide SSJL, page 19 foot-note
No. 71.
