Jaina Ontology

Author(s): K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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THE AGE OF ĂGAMAS
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(3) ghanodadhi (=the layer of water occupying a part of the space lying
in between two regions of the lower world) (4) Prihvi (=a region of the lower world) (5) dvipa (=world-continent situated on our earth) (6) sägara (=world-occeans situated on our earth)
7) varsa (regions of a world-continent) (8) nārakādi (=the classes constituting the animate world- viz. hell
born beings' etc.) (9) astikāya (=the five basic reals) (10) samaya (=time) (11) karma ( = matter of the form of karma) (12) lesyä (za material indicative of the relative preponderance or other
wise of vices in a being) (13) dssti ( = faith) (14) darśana ( = indeterminate cogntion) (15) jñāna ( = determinate cognition) (16) sanjña ( = certain vices) (17) sarira ( = body ) (18) yoga ( = activity ) (19) upayoga ( = cognition ) (20) dravya ( - substance ) (21) pradeśa ( = the constituent units of a substance) (22) paryāya ( = the properties of a substance ) (23) addha ( = time)
On a third occasion, the tenth item samaya is deleted while in between varsa and nārokādi (i. e, 7th and 8th items there appears a new item saudharmādi (= region of the upper world)12, besides, here the list begins with the following five items which are altogether new :
(1) 18 vices from prānātipāta ( = injury to life) down to mithyādarśana
(= wrong faith acting as a piercing arrow) (2) freedom from these 18 vices (3) autpattiki-rainayiki-kārmiki-pāriņāmiki ( = four types of cognitive
dealing ) (4) avagraha-zhā-avāya-dhāraṇā (= four stages in the perceptual process) (5) utthāna-karma-bala vīrya--puruşakāra-parakrama ( = five aspects of
manly endeavour )