Narrative Tale in Jain Literature

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
typical offences against the law of the vow of the quarters, viz., exceeding one's limit in the upward direction, exceeding one's limit in the downward direction, exceeding one's limit in the level direction, enlargement of one's area of living. and failure of memeory.
51. Next the Samana declared that things of reiterate and of momentary use are of the following two kinds. viz., those relating to one's food, and those relating to one's occupation. Now, with regard to food, he said, a disciple of the Samana must know and avoid the following five typical offences; viz., using living things as food, using adjuncts of living things as food, eating unboiled vegetables parboiled vegetables, and eating worthless vegetables. Then with regard to occupation, a disciple of the Samana must know and avoid he following fifteen ways of making a living; viz., occupation with charcoal, occupation with plants, occupatiort with carts, occupation with fares, occupation with breaking ground, traffic in ivory, traffic in 'lac', traffic in juices, traffic in poisons, traffic in hair, occupation with crushing by machinery, occupation with surgery, kindling of bush fires, draining of lakes rivers and tanks, and bringing up women for immoral purposes.
52. Next a disciple of the Samaņa must know and avoid the following five typical offences against the law of abstention from unprofitable employment, viz., talking amorous nonsense, conducting one's self like a buffoon, talking impurities, acting the part of an accessory, and exceeding one's need in things of reiterate or momentary use.
53. Next a disciple of the Samana must know and avoid the following five typical offences against the law of inward peace, viz., ill behaviour in thought, ill behaviour in word, ill behaviour in act, obliviousness of the law of inward peace, and unstable attention to the law of inward peace.
54. Next a disciple of the Samaņa must know and avoid the following five typical offences against the law of keeping within a certain place; viz., employment of family members as messengers, employment of servants as mssengers, communication by word of mouth, communication by gestures, and notification by throwing of clods.
55. Next a disciple of the Samana must know and avoid the following five typical offences against the law of keeping