Contribution of Jainas to Sanskrit and Prakrit Literature

Author(s): Vasantkumar Bhatt, Jitendra B Shah, Dinanath Sharma
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad

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Lokatattvanirṇaya by Haribhadrasūri
The original Prakṛti suffers no change whatsoever. The seven Mahat etc. are Prakṛti and Vikṛti both; the sixteen are what constitutes Vikāra and the Puruşa is neither Piakṛti nor Vikṛti. (71).
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Since (Purusa) is not of the nature of Gunas and since it is not indicative of effect and cause, Puruşa is other than these. Again the Purusas who are enjoyer of fruit and the non-performer (of actions) are (different from each other). (72).
In the face of the fact that these Gunas of Prakṛti exist, one whose lifeforce is reversed due to being enveloped in (ignorance of the form of) darkness, the Jiva (deluded by) ignorance contends that "I am the doer", even though he is incapable of surving even a *. (73)
(According to the Buddhists, these Gunas are-)
Only of the nature of recognition (*) are they, just like the cognition of insects etc. to a man deluded by darkness in this world, due to being incapable (of real) cognition. (74).
Tormented by the faults like anger, sorrow, *, and passion, the Purusas see as stationed before themselves the (really) non-existent. (75).
(Followers of Puruṣavāda state) :
All this cognised universe is of the nature of Puruşa and that only, i.e., what is past and what is yet to be. That (Purușa) reigns over liberation, that which rules over all foods, that which moves and does not move. That is far as also near; it is inherent in all as also outside all this. There is nothing higher or other than this. There is nothing more atomic (i.e. subtle) or greater than this. He is the one that stands firm like a (vast) tree (from this earth) right upto the sky. Due to Him this (universe) is perfect, (being) of the nature of Purușa. When all this becomes one being, all (external world) gets merged in Him. The perishable and the imperishable-only these two are Purusas in this world; all beings are (what we call) perishable while the Kütastha (Atma) is imperishable. (76-77).
(Another Atmavādī states)
Those who do not know the Atma in the face of the fact that scriptures are in existence and persons (who know and) describe Him are available, are indeed persons committing suicide. (78)