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Jaina Acara : Siddhanta aura Swarūpa (56) Nisthaviseșa-Indolence, copulation, sleep, hunger and acrimony last long. The more you indulge in them, the more they increase. Vows, exceptions, expiation, bitter language, bath etc. have been dealt with. Initiation is another topic. None below eight years old boy or girl should be initiated. To initiate some boy below that age is not praiseworthy. Monks have been asked to take no interest in music, vocal or instrumental, dance, drama etc. They should not answer queries regarding profit and loss. They should not make use of incantatory verses for worldly pursuits. There are various other topics dealt with here.
(57) Dašāšrutaskandha-The subjects have been treated in easy language so as to be comprehensible.
The language of Curnis is primarily Prakrta and secondarily Sanskrit, but the language of "Tikās' is Sanskrit. They are all glosses, expositions, commentaries and the like but they are not the same. Niryuktis give etymological meaning of words 'Bhāsyas' are learned commentaries on scriptural texts to bring out their meaning and purport. Curnis attempt to explain those very things through illustrative stories. "Tikas' are philosophical disquisitions. Some of them are brief and terse, whereas others are detailed. The famous writers of Tikās are Jinabhadragani Ksåmāšramaņa, Haribhadra, Silanka, Abhayagiri, Hemacandra, Nemicandra and others.
(58) Pancasuttaya-It deals with merits, demerits, conduct, initiation, liberation and the like. Obedience to parents, keeping good company and not to go against the most prevalent customs etc. have been emphasized.
(59) Paneaniyanthi-It has only been referred to, but the text is not yet available.
(60) Pancaniyankhi-It has been written by Abhayadeva. It is based on Bhagvati's twenty-fifth 'sataka.
(61) Pancavathhhuga-It was written by Haribhadra. It deals with initiation, inspection, convent, begging alms, vows, passionless voluntary death and the like. It is a notable treatise dealing with very many subjects with precision and exactitude and contains 1714 verses.
• (62) Guruvandanabhāşā-It was written by Devendra Suri. It contains all that is to be known about prayer. Its twenty-two kinds are as follows : (1) Five appellations of it (2) Five examples to illustrate it (3) Those not facing you are not to be saluted (4) Acāraya and the like are to be adored (5-6) Those who salute and those who do not (7) Thirteen proper places of prohibition (8) Four proper places not prohibited (9) Causes of adoration (10) Necessary (11) Inspection of filter for the mouth (12) Inspection of the body (13) Thirty-two lapses of obeisance (14) Its four
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