Nandanvana

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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(b) There is a change of order of Amnāya and Anuprekṣā in T.S. in contrast with the Svetāmbara texts. Their order is reversed. The question is whether the mental reflection should precede or follow the well-memorised studies. Mahāprajña * has stated that it is reasonable to believe that good reflection could be undertaken on the well-learnt and memorised studies. Accordingly, he has supported the order of Svetāmbara texts. However, Siddhasena* seems to opine that the term reflection should mean mental repetition of scriptures and their meanings without pronunciation. This process may, therefore precede vocal repetition of the Amnāya process. However, even the psychologists agree vocal practice as precedent to mental practice. Secondly, the commentator of MC verse 393 defines the term Anuprekşā as contemplation on twelve-fold reflection based on selfstudies. This view also concurs with its order following Amnāya rather than preceding it. (c) The Dharma-kathā of MC and Śvetāmbara Texts has become Dharmopadeśa (religious sermons) in T.S. 9.25. This term is more general than Dharma-kathā involving religious tales or biographies of torchbearers. The religious sermons may or may not involve these tales. However, sermons or tale telling is a physical-cum-vocal activity, which keeps men away from idle or sinful tales.
Thus, the T.S. order of the last three varieties follows the tradition of mind, speech and body. This does not seem very reasonable in case of self-study. Hence, the change of the order of the 35 and 4ch variety requires reconsideration. 13. The Order of Nonadic Sub-species of Conation-obscuring
Karma (Darsanāvaraņiya Karma)
Sth. 9.14 and PRJN. Chapter 2348 have named the nine subspecies of conation-obscuring karma, which have the following orderthe pentad of sleeps and tetrad of conation. Dhavalā 6.31 have also nearly the same order. In contrast, TS 8.7 and almost all other texts of Digambara tradition have the order beginning with tetrad of conation followed by the pentad of sleeps. The cause of the change of the order of these sub-species requires research-sleeps after conation or conation after sleeps? However, if the general meaning of conation is accepted, the sleeps involve either absence of conation or incomplete