Dravya Sangraha

Author(s): Nemichandramuni
Publisher: Chandraprabha Digambar Jain Mandir Trust

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: The Sacred Book of the Jains :
forty Indras among the Gods who dwell in Bhavana (sphere) thirtytwo among the Gods (who live in) Vyantara (sphere), twenty-tour among the Gods (living in) Kalapa (sphere) two among the Joytisa or planetary Gods; the sun and the moon, one among men and one among the Tiryaks (ie., all creatures excluding Gods, men and inmates of hell).”
Mahavira is said to have been the propounder of all the Jaina Canonical works. The wrong theory that Mahavira is the founder of Jainism and that Jainism is an off shoot of Buddhism, has long ago been exploded; and when we say that there is a tradition that Mahavira spoke to his disciples what has been embodied in the Canonical works of the Jainas, it must be understood that, though the fundamental truths of Jainism were preached long before
Mahavira, it was after the Nirvana of this last Tirthankara that the teachings of Jainism were reduced to writing which formed the basis of the Jaina Canonical works now extant.
The word "Jiva" is usually translated as "Soul" "Living being." 'Consciousness," etc. and Ajiva as” things without life,"non-living substance,” etc., but we shall use the original words throghout the translation. The accurate meanings of these terms will be understood from the verses which follow, and which deal with the distinguishing characteristics, if each of these substanes.
जीवो उवयोगमयो अमुत्ति कत्ता सदेहपरिमाणो । भोत्ता संसारत्थो सिद्धो सो विस्ससोड्ढगई ।। २ ॥ Jivo uvaogamao amutti katta sadehaparimano. Bhotta sansarattho siddho so vissa soddagai-- (2)
Padapatha-sital Jivo, Jiva. 3917 Uvogamao, characterised by upayoga. afer Amutti, formless. 417 Katta, agent atafamut Sadehaparimano, equal in e.tent to its own body. 1 Bhotta, enjoyer.