History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
this work says that there are two types of living beings having poison in their jaws. The first type of them is so by their very birth. They include scorpions, frogs, serpents and human beings. The poison of a scorpion can at best pervade a body equal to that of half of Bharata Kșetra; that of a frog, double this body; that of a serpent, a body equal to Jambūdvīpa; and that of a human being, a body equal to the samaya-kşetra (i. e. manusyaloka).
The second type acquires poison by practising a penance or so. It includes the five-organed tiryacs, human beings and gods up to those of Sahasrāra, so long as these gods are aparyāpta. These beings kill others by cursing them. This act is tantamount to a
serpent's bite etc. 1 XIV Ditthīvisabhāvanā—This work deals with those who have poison
in their drsti (eyes). This may remind one of the drstivisasarpas
like Candakauśika who was enlightened by Lord Mahāvīra. XV Cāraṇabhāvaņā- This work deals with Vidyācāraṇas and
Janghācāranas. They are saints who can fly owing to the labdhi? (miraculous power) acquired by them by practising austerities or
by studying this work.3 XVI Mahāsumiņabhāvaņā—This work deals with great dreams. 1 This exposition is based upon the significance of the title of this work. Same is
the case with the following four works. This is what Yaśodeva Sūri says in his . com. (p. 696) on Pakkhiya sutta, the actual wording being "37
चाशीविषभावनादिग्रन्थपञ्चकस्वरूपं नामानुसारतो दर्शितं, विशेषसम्प्रदायश्च न दृष्ट इति". For the description of this labdhi and that of many more see Ovavāïya (s. 24, p. 16), Viāhapannatti (XX, 9; s. 683-4), Visesão (v. 779-803), Haribhadra Sūri's com. (p. 47) on Avassaya, Pavayanasaruddhāra (v. 595-601), the svopajña com. (p. 14) on Yogaśāstra (I, 9) and the English transalation of Trisasti (vol. I, pp. 75 and 79). "TE EROTIQUi fa sferag 3 testavi I ETRUIMT af 34wd (1) 884 || Bhása on Vavahāra In all there are 72 dreams. Of them 30 are great as stated in Pajjosaņākappa (s.73). But the Bhāsa (p. 1096) on Vavahāra (X) says as under:
"इच्छंती सुसुमिणा बायाला चेव हुँति महासुमिणा। बायत्तरि सव्वसुमिणा वन्निजते फलं ते सिं ।। ११४ ।।
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