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The Jaina world of Non-living
Chapter
Major contents
No. Of Aphorisms D-version S-version 33
35
1.
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Right faith and knowledge, methods of objective studies and acquiring knowledge, standpoints, organs of valid cognitions. Living in general, Biology, classification, transmigration, anatomy,birth, bodies, physiology, physics, sexes, death. Hellish, human and animal world, geography, geology, mythology. Celestial world, astrology, mythology.
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World of non-living, physics, chemistry, biology. Ethics, influx of karmas, psychology, mind-matter effect. Auspicious karmic influx, conduct of laity, right conduct. Theory of Karma and karmic bondage (psychology and ethics). Karmic stoppage and shedding, asceticism, meditation, ethics. Liberation.
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The numerical difference in the aphorisms of the two versions is due to the fact that there are many additions, deletions and conjunctions in different places. Besides, there are many aphorisms which have different forms of renderings in part. P. C. Shastri has referred 59 such noticeable variations in the two versions representing about 17 % of the total aphorisms.
The question of original version of the text has been discussed by many scholars opining in their schismic favour. If it is agreed that the text was composed sufficiently prior to schismic origin, none of the two
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