Jaina Ontology

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

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imperfectly disciplined (sam, atāsamyata), undisciplined (asamyata) and we are told as to which of these types can be possibly present in this or that class of living beings.
(6) Affective Activities Just one chapter of Prajnapanā (the 35th, viz. Vedanāpada) is devoted to the problems related to affective activities. Here vedanā (i. e. feeling) is variously divided into types and in each case we are told as to which of the concerned types can be possibly present in this or that class of living beings. Following are the classifications offered in this connection :
I Hot, Cold, Hot-cum-Cold II Bodily, Mental, Bodily-cum-mental III Pleasant, Painful, Pleasant-cum-painful IV Voluntary, Involuntary
V Self-conscious, Not-selfconscious Here ends our hurried survey of the cases where Prajñāpanā says things
ul. As can be seen, these cases cover a major part of the text but with a view to keeping the discussion within manageable limits we have given comparatively less prominence to the problems that have little ontological bearing
(v) Karma In Prajñāpanā 5 consescutive chapters -- viz. 23rd - 27th - are devo. ted to a treatment of the Karma doctrine while the chapter 36th (viz. Samud. ghātapada) has also to do with the same. The Prajñāpanā treatment of karma is not so important for its own sake as for the sake of the light it throws on the historical evolution of the Karma doctrine. Certainly, what Prajñāpanā says in this connection is much more systematic and comprehensive than what Bhagavati says in its corresponding passages but it is so elementary when compared with the later karma-specialists' performance on the question. Revealing in its own way is the Prajñāpanā chapter 23rd (viz. Karmaprakrti pada which is supposed to enumerate the types and sub-types of Karmas and is divided into two sections. A closer study reveals that these two sections are in fact an earlier draft and a later draft of the solution of the same problem. The second section enumerates the types and sub-types in question in a way that is the same as found in the later Karma texts, but the first section exhibits certain oddities. Most striking is this latter section's enumeration of the sub-types of nāma karmas; the list runs as follows : (1) Subianama (auspicious namakarma): istasabda (desirable sound).
istarūpa (desirable colour), istagandha (desirable smell), isţarasa (desirable taste), iştasparśa (desirable touch), istagati (desirable motion), işgasthiti (desirable stature), iştalāvanya (desirable cometiness), işta