________________
Q.II.3.8
A.II.3.8
Q.II.3.9
A.II.3.9
Q.II.3.10
A.II.3.10
Q.II.3.11 A.II.3.11
Q.II.3.12 A.II.3.12
VFk%
Meaning:
Q.II.4.1
A.II.4.1
Q.II.4.2 A.II.4.2
Explain the meaning of 'an opportune time to attain an objective' with reference to the half the time of whirling around matter or reversal (ardhapudgalpar vartana)?
An auspicious living being becomes eligible to attain the subsidence right faith when half the time of whirling around matter remains. This is 'an opportune time to attain an objective' with reference to half the time of whirling around matter.
Explain an opportune time to attain an objective' with reference to the duration of the karma?
The fitness of the soul for the first stage of right belief is attained when the soul binds karmas of less than 1014 ocean-measure-periods (koḍakot s garopam) years duration and when the existing karmas due to purification of the soul are of duration of 1014 less numerable thousand ocean-measure-periods (s garopam).
How many types of 'whirling around matter' (par vartana) are there and which are they?
These are five in number, namely: substance, place, time, state / realm and disposition/mode.
How many subtypes are there of substance par vartana?
Karma and no karma are the two types of substance par vartana.
How long is the duration of ardhapudgalpar vartana?
It is the same as of no karma par vartana. No karma means matter particles (like body-making) associated with empirical soul as a result of soul-karma interactions.
********
Kku&n'ku&nku&ykHk Hkkski Hkkx&oh; k. k p II.4
Jn na-dar ana-d na-l bha-bhogopabhoga-v ry ni ca
4 {kkf; d&Hkko ds uks Hkn g&2 {kkf; d&Kku] {kkf; d n'ku] {kkf; d nku] {kkf; d ykHk] {kkf; d Hkkx] {kkf; d mi Hkkx] {kkf; d oh; I {kkf; d | E; DRO] {kkf; d pkfj-A
The eighteen kinds of disposition due to destruction are knowledge, wrong knowledge, perception and attainment, of four, three, three and five kinds and right faith, conduct and mixed disposition of restraint and non restraint
How many types and their names of dispositions due to destruction of
karmas are there?
It is of nine types namely indestructible (ks yik knowledge, intuition, charity, gain (attainment), enjoyment, repeated enjoyment, energy, right belief and conduct.
What is meant by destructionery knowledge?
The knowledge acquired after the complete destruction of knowledgeobscuring karmas is called ks
yilknowledge.
46
