Book Title: Illuminator of Jaina Tenets
Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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________________ 4 Illuminator of Jaina Tenets ८. षद्रव्यात्मको लोकः । अपरिमितस्याकाशस्य षड्द्रव्यात्मको भागो लोक इत्यभिधीयते । सः च चतुर्दशरज्जुपरिमाण: 1 सुप्रतिष्ठकसंस्थानः तिर्यग् - ऊर्ध्वोऽधश्च । तत्र अष्टादशशतयोजनोच्छ्रितोऽसंख्यद्वीपसमुद्रायामस्तिर्यक् । किञ्चिन्न्यूनसप्तरज्जुप्रमाण ऊर्ध्वः । किञ्चिदधिकसप्तरज्जुप्रमितोऽधः । 8. saddravyātmako lokah. aparimitasyākāśasya ṣaḍdravyātmako bhago loka ity abhidhīyate. sa ca caturdaśarajjuparimāṇaḥ,1 supratiṣṭhakasamsthānaḥ,2 tiryag ūrdhvo❜dhaś ca. tatra astādaśaśatayojanocchrito'samkhyadvipasamudrāyāmas tiryak. kiñcinnyūnasaptarajjupra māņa ūrdhvaḥ. kiñcidadhikasaptarajjupramito'dhaḥ. (Aph.) That (space) which comprises ( and accommodates) the six substances is called loka (cosmic). (VIII). [ Lustre I (Gloss) Space is infinite and immeasurable in itself. That part of it which consists of (the aforementioned) six substances is called cosmic space. In height it is of fourteen rajjus.3 In shape it resembles a supratisthaka. 4 It again consists of three parts - ( 1 ) horizontal (mid-region), (2) upper vertical and (3) lower vertical. Of them, the mid-region is, in elevation, eighteen hundred yojanas and in extension, equivalent to the dimension of innumerable continents and oceans. The upper vertical is a little less than seven rajjus in dimension (height) and the lower vertical is a little more than seven rajjus in dimension (depth). ६. जीवपुद्गलयोर्विविधसंयोगः स विविधरूपः । इयं विविधरूपता एव सृष्टिरिति कथ्यते । Jain Education International १ असंख्ययोजनप्रमिता रज्जुः 1 asamkhyayojanapramita rajjuh. २ त्रिशरावसम्पुटाकारो यथा एकः शरावोऽधोमुखस्तदुपरि द्वितीय ऊर्ध्वमुखस्तदुपरि पुनश्चैकोऽधोमुखः । 2 triśarāvasampuṭākāro yathā ekaḥ śaravo'dhomukhas tadupari dvitīya ūrdhvamukhas tadupari punaś caikodho'mukhaḥ. 3 A rajju is a conceptual measure consisting of innumerable pramāna yojanas, each pramāna yojana being almost equivalent to eight thousand miles. 4 A supratisthaka is a configuration obtained by conjunction of three conical bowls with the shape of chopped off pyramids in the following manner-one bowl placed convexwise (that is, upside down) at the bottom, the second bowl placed concavewise (that is, with the face upward) above it, and the third one placed convexwise (like the bowl at the bottom) upon the second. The resultant configuration arising from the abovesaid adjustment is styled supratisthaka. For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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