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Jaina Acāra : Siddhanta aura Swarüpa
119 merits (15) Propounding merit (16) Perception (17-18) Number of letters and feet of the above verse (19) Place (20) Words of the preceptor at the time of others' salutation to him (21) Thirty-three irreverences shown to the preceptor (22) Method of salutation.
(63) Paccakhāṇabhāsā - It has also been written by Devendra Suri. It is a significant treatise written in Maharastri Prakrta. With the help of forty-eight tales nine entrances as mentioned are: (1) ten kinds of rejected food (2) its method (3) four kinds of food (4) twenty-two kinds of āgāra. (5) ten deformities (6) thirty ‘Vikstigata (7) two kinds of rejected food (8) its six purifications (9) effect of giving up food.
(64) Samegarangasala-It was written by Devendra Suri. Its manuscript has not yet been traced.
(65) Yatidinakstya-It is supposed to have been written by Haribhadra. It relates the daily activities of monks.
(66) Yatijītakalpa-It was written by Somaprabha Sūri. The first twenty-four tales have been taken from 'Jitakalpa'. It contains three hundered and six tales. It depicts the conduct of monks
(67) Jaisāmācāri-It was written by Bhavadeva Suri. It has 154 tales. The first tale indicates that it is an abbreviated version. It relates monks' activities from sunrise to the passionless end of life.
(68) Pindavisuddhi-It was written by Jinavallabha Suri. It contains 104 verses and treats mostly of food and the like.
(69) Vişayanigrahakulaka-Its instruction is to gain conquest over sense-organs without which life is bound to lose all its significance.
. (70) Pratyākhyānasiddhi-Its author is not known, but commentaries on it have been written.
(71) Acārapradipa-It was written by Ratnasekhara Suri. Commentaries also on it have been written.
The sky-clad Acāryas have written different forms of literature from which incidentally Jaina conduct may be inferred. The Jaina literary works like Vimalasuri's 'Paumcariyam', Haribhadra's 'Samaraicca', Udyotasuri's 'Kuvalayamala', 'Kathākosaprakaran', 'Upadesamala', and others have eulogised asceticism, knowing that worldly involvement sullies the soul. 'Paumacariyam' in Prakrta is the first work like the Ramayana. Here Dasaratha, Rama, Bharata, Laxmana etc. are shown attaining liberation after taking to asceticism. 'Kuvalaya māla' depicts the evil consequences of indulging in pride, conceit, greed and the like. This has been done by relating stories in order to grip the attention of the general public.
The Digambara Acārya Kundkunda, inter alia, says that external renunciation must lead to internal detachment without which it is mere shallow exhibitionism. He states that mere scholarship without right conduct
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