Dravya Sangraha

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

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Dra v y a-Sangrah a J. Mithyatva cr Delusion is of five kinds : Ekanta, Viparita Vinaya, Samsaya and Ajnana.
(a) Ekanta Mithatva is that state of delusion when we have a false belief, without knowing the same to be false or without even attempting to examine. A person who is born and brought up in a family where the tenets of Jainism are unknown and who consequently takes up the doctrines of that family to be true may be said to have Ekanta Mityatva with respect to Jainism.
(6) Viparita Mithyatva is that state of delusion in which we think that this or that may both be true. A belief that one religion is as good as another, for both of these are true, may be said to be such a delusion according to Jainism,
(c) Vinaya Mithyatva is retaining a belief, even when we know it to be false. This state exists in those who, even when convinced of the falsity of their doctrines, stick to the same.
(d) Samsaya Mithyatva consists of a state of doubt as to whether a course is right or wrong. This srate arises when a person begins to lose faith in the doctrines which he holds and is going to have a belief in others.
(e) Ajnana Mithyatva is the state when a person has no belief at all. A man who does not employ his reasoning faculties, and is unable to form any definite idea about doctrines might be said to have this kind of delusion which obstructs knowledge.
II. Avirati or lack of control is also, of five kinds : (a) Himsa (Injury), (6) Anrita (Falsehood), (c) Chaurya (Stealing), (d) Abrahma (Incontinence) and (e) Parigrabakanksha (Desire to possess a thing which is not given ) In some works, these five only are mentioned as subdivisions of Asrava For example, in the tenth Anga of the Jains, called Prasna Vyakarana, we have a desription of Acravas and Samvaras with their subdivisions; and in that work we have only the mention of the above five kinds of Avirati as subdivisions of Asrava. Abhayadeva, in his Commentary on Prasna Vyakarana, says that though in that work Asrava is said to be of five kinds, from another point of view forty-two varieties of Asrava are also recognised. Abhayadeva quotes this passage to support his view : "There are forty-two Asravasa viz. those arising from five Indriyas, four Kasayas, five Avratas, twenty-five Kriyas and three Yogas. In Dravyasamgraha, we have a mention of only thirty-two varieties of Asrava.
The five Ayiratis are called Avratas by Umasvami. He however,