Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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JAINISM IN JAYANTABHATTA'S AGAMADAMBARA : 177
of the study of the Jaina scripture and mortification of the flesh by the observance of austerities and vows (tapas and niyamas). Sankarşaņa began the conversation by paying high tributes to the Jaina ideal of asceticism :
न हिंसा नासत्यं न गृहवनवासव्यसनिता
न सक्तियापारे वचिदपि भवानन्तरफले। तपश्चेदं तीव्र व्रतनियमसंबाधमनघं
gaan #1=41 affig gertato II II. 7. On his enquiry, the Ācārya introduces the topic of anekānta as the most popular subject of discussion and quotes the verse :
एको भावः सर्वभावस्वभावः
सर्वे भावा एकभावस्वभावाः। एको भावस्तत्त्वतो येन दृष्टः
Hima Tet: 11 II. 8. which has its root in the sūtra go 319 Haarig of the Acárānga, the first book of the Jaina canon. This is criticized by Sankarşaņa in a superfluous manner. The Acārya does not want to prolong the disputation and goes away under the pretext of attending his monastic duties.
The hermitage and its peaceful surroundings attract the Mimāṁsaka.
Then enters an ascetic clad in red robe and uttering eulogy of the Agamas propounded by the Jainas, which are described as terse and excellent in sense as opposed to the Vedānta and the Vedas which are elaborate, confused and difficult to understand.
वेयंता दुत्तरंता तइकहियकहा वित्थरा संकुलस्था ___ अय्येहि तत्थ चिंतीयदि गहणगदी अत्थि नत्थीति अप्पा । दूरे तिखंतु ते मे परिहरिदुमिदं घोरसंसारदुक्खं
faari forihei fargforfora FTTH 3718TTET II II. 15. On being questioned the ascetic says that he has come to attend a feast arranged in the hermitage of Jinarakṣita by a liberal Jaina Śrāvaka. The ascetic enumerates the menu of the feast which included सत्तण रासीओ (heaps of barley powder), तेल्लघडिया (jars full of oils), कंजिय कुम्भीओ (sour gruel in pitchers), गूडकूळ्या (heaps of molasses) and तेल्लपक्काण Helt neapr (piles of food prepared in oil), all of these are acceptable to Jaina monks. Sankarşaņa enquires why there is absence of milk-products like curd and ghee? The reply comes that anything connected with a living organism is prohibited to a Jaina ascetic. He GJ.V. 12