Gommatasara Jiva Kanda

Author(s): Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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His title is justified by his well-known books, Dravya Samgraha translated as volume I of the Sacred Books of the Jainas, "Gommaṭasára, Jíva Kánda and Karma Kánda, Labdhisára, Kshapanására and the wonderful Trilokasára, a book on Jaina Cosmology, without a study of which it is impossible to understand Jainism in its minute details and classifications or its artistic and perfect solidarity.
His works deal mainly with Karnánuyoga, one of the four Vedas or Anuyogas of the Jaina Siddhánta, called Prathamánuyoga, Karnánuyoga, Charanánuyoga, and Dravyánuyoga.
The Four Anuyogas.
1. Prathamánuyoga, History, the Part dealing with the ages and lives of the Great Personages of the World, specially with those of the 63 Great Persons (Shaláká-Purushas), i. e., the 24 Tírthankaras, the 12 Chakravartís, the 9 Nárayanas, 9 Prati-Nárayanas and the 9 Balabhadras..
2. Karnánuyoga, Cosmology, the Part dealing with Space, the Universe, the Non-Universe, the Three worlds, their description, dimensions and denizens and different calculations as regards spiritual stages and soul-quests.
3. Charanánuyoga, Ritual, the part dealing with rules of conduct for laymen and for ascetics.
Of these the former are detailed in the eleven Pratimás or stages of restraint and renunciation of householders; the latter are the stricter and harder rules of greater and fuller restraint and renunciation for ascetics.
4. Dravyánuyoga, Philosophy, the part dealing with the substances. Primarily the substances are two: Soul and Non-soul. But they are enumerated six, as because the non-soul obviously consists of five independent and distinctly individual substances, Matter, Time, Space and the Media of Motion and Rest. Thus, there are six substances: Soul (Jiva), Matter (Pudgala), Time (Kála), Space (Akásha), Motion (Dharma), and Rest (Adharma).
Matter is of many kinds. But the most mighty kind is Karmic matter, which the mundane soul wears and which is the self-wound motor to keep the soul moving in "Samsára."
This connection of Soul and the Non-Soul matter necessitates a consideration of the inflow of Karma into soul, the bondage of soul by Karma, the stoppage of the inflow, the shedding of the bondage, and perfect freedom of the soul from Karma. These 7 are called the Tattvas or principles of Jainism. They are soul (Jíva), Non-Soul