________________ St. 116-117 ) Notes There are mentioned in Jain Philosophy six groups of sfras or living beings viz, geeftate (earth group), अपकाय ( water group ), तेजःकाय (fire group), वायुकाय (wind group), वनस्पतिकाय (herb group) and teante (other living beings possessed of two or more senses ). If the Jain Religion is to be put in very very briefly in one word, it is an or non-killing or non-injury of any living being; consequently the first and the foremost place is given therein to the vow of non-injury among fhe Five Great Vows. महव्वएसु (Sk. महाव्रतेपु). Complete abstinence from injury, the same from lies, the same from theft, the same from sexual intercourse and the same from any sense of possession or property, are mentioned as the Five Great Vows. They are respectiveiy termed सवपाणाइवायवेरमण, सब्वमुसावायवेरमण, सव्वादिष्णादाणवेरमण, सव्वमेहुणवेरमण and सपरिग्गहराश्भोयणवेरमण. St. 117 This and the following stanzas are actual quotations from the दशवैकालिकसूत्र and the उपदेशपद respectively. In the दश० (VI.7) there are mentioned 18 places (Ferrata) where mistakes are likely to be committed by the monks, a single one of which mistakes leads to their fall from Asceticism. The 18 Firats are 6 vows (the 5 Mahavratas and abstinence from eating at night), non-injury to 6 groups
