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COSMOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE JAYAKHYASAṀHITĀ
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the three Acyuta, Satya and Puruşa are known as the threefold manifestation of the highest god Brahman or Vasudeva, and they represent his very essence.
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This Purusa is known as the Supreme Spirit residing in all beings. The Avatāras Rāma, Kṛṣṇa and others are the parts of the same Puruşa.'
2. Prädhänika Sarga.
The second or the intermediate stage in creation is more or less described in the Jayakhyasamhita on the lines of the Samkhya but with certain modifications. Pradhana or the Primordial Matter is independent in Samkhya, but here it is subordinate to Brahman. Pradhana is here described as eternal, without a beginning, undetermined and pervaded with the three Gunas, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. The Pradhana being undetermined and the Gunas being undivided, three Gunas spring up one after another: first comes Sattva, from Sattva comes Rajas, and Tamas emanates from the Rajas. This also is somewhat different from the Samkhya doctrine. Further the Pañcarātras maintain that the Ahamkära when endowed with the Sattva Guna is designated as light (Prakaśātmā), with Rajas as transformation (Vikṛtyātmā) and with Tamas as the elements (Bhūtātmā); they further believe that the Karmendriyas originate from the Rājasa Ahaṁkāra, unlike the Samkhyas, who assert that the Manas along with the ten Indriyas originate from the Sattvika Ahaṁkāra; and all this is different from the accepted doctrines of the Samkhya Philosophy.
स च वै सर्वदेवानामाश्रयः परमेश्वरः ।
अन्तर्यामी स तेषां वै तारकाणां यथाऽम्बरम् ॥
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à faqıcıqaue deziuntenitu: 1
सर्वान् विद्धि तदंशांस्तान् सर्वेशाः सत्त्यजास्तथा ॥ Ibid.
2. अनादिमजमव्यक्तं गुणत्रयमयं द्विज ।
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
विद्धि प्रदीपस्थानीयं भिन्नमेकात्मलक्षणम् ॥
3. विभक्तं च तदुत्पन्नं क्रमात्सत्त्वं रजस्तमः । गुणत्रयसमूहाद्धि धर्मज्ञानादिलक्षणा ॥ बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतां श्रेष्ठ अहङ्कारस्त्रयात्मकः । प्रकाशात्मा विकृत्यात्मा भूतात्माऽथ तृतीयकः ॥ Ibid.
p. 25.
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