Prabuddha Jivan 2015 03 Anekantvad Syadvad ane Nayvad Visheshank

Author(s): Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh

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અનેકતવાદ, ચીર્વાદ માર્ચ ૨૦૧૫ • પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન ૦ અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ૯ પૃષ્ઠ ૧૩૫ પાદ, સ્યાદુર્વાદ અને
LESSON - 5 : JAIN COSMOLOGY AND CYCLE OF TIME
ENLIGHTEN YOURSELF BY SELF STUDY OF JAINOLOGY
અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને તોયવાદ વિશેષક F અનેકન્તિવીદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ક અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક 4 અનેકન્તિવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિરોષક ૬ અનેકન્તિવાદ, સ્વાસ્વાદ
O DR. KAMINI GOGRI Thinkers throughout the ages have explored the pied universe respectively. Beyond these lies empty nature of the universe, Jaina thinkers no less than space. The Trasa Nali Extends the entire length of w the others. Over the centuries, a specifically Jain pic- the occupied space, fourteen Rajjus. Occupied space
ture of the cosmos was developed and elaborated is widest at its base, seven Rajjus and then tapers to in great detail and it figures extensively in traditional a constricted centre with a width of one Rajju. From Jaina art and forms as a symbolic background to the centre upwards, it increases in width to a maximun the Jaina explanation of the meaning of life.
of five Rajjus and then tapers again to the apex, which There are large number of texts about the cos- is one Rajju wide. mological concept of the Jainas. The earliest can- The upper part of the occupied universe, the "Upons contain cosmological references. There are spe- per World', is occupied by Celestial Being. Humans, cialized texts composed between the third and thir- animals and plants, astral bodies and lower kinds of teenth centuries CE in which the Jain universe is heavenly beings (Vyantaras and Bhavanvāsi) occupy described in detail. These include: 'Treatise on Three the Middle World'. The Hellish Beings reside in the Worlds' (Triloka Prajñapti), Treatise on the Sun' 'Lower World. (Surya Prajñapti); Treatise on the Moon' (Candra The Lower World and Hellish Beings: Prajñapti); 'Summary of Three Worlds' (Triloka The largest areas of the occupied universe is the # Sāra); Illumination of Three worlds' (Trilokya Dipika); lower world. Certain types of Celestial Beings, op- $ Treatise of Jambuvipai' (Jambuvipa Prajñapti); posed to good, live here with Hellish Beings. the lower Treatise on Realities' (Tattvārtha Sutra); Summary world is seven Rajjus high (or long). It consists of a of Jain Geography (Ksetra Samāsa): 'Treatise on stack of seven infernal regions. one above the other. w Jain Cosmology and Geography (Bruhat and each one smaller than the one below. Sangrahani).
Each level of the lower world is one Rajjus high 5 The Universe as conceived by the Jaina tradition and is surrounded and supported by layers of Dense 5
has two parts; one occupied by entries and the un- Water (Humid Air), Dense Air and Thin Air. The top
occupied space, the whole being infinite in exten- and bottom of each of the seven hells, two zones, a ē sion and time. The infinite unoccupied universe if few thousand miles high, are uninhabited. Scriptures
empty space surrounds universe. The traditional give names to each hells, They are, from top to botimage of the occupied universe is shown in figure tom: 3.1.
Figure 3.1 The Jain view of the occupied universe, The occupied universe is imagined as being of showing the Upper World abode of heavanly beings), human shape with three distinct parts, upper, middle the Middle World (the abode of human beings), and
and lower, each supporting specific works. There is the Lower World (the abode of hellish beings). # an area, referred to as a channel' (Trasa Nali), which First Hell: 'Illuminated like Jewels' - Ratnaprabhā Ě van extends in a narrow ban throughout the langth of Second Hell: "Illuminated like Gravel'-Sarkarprabhā
the occupied universe. It has the height of fourteen Third Hell : "Illuminated like Sand' -Valukāprabhā 'ropes' and a width of one 'rope' (Rajju), a measure Fourth Hell : "Illuminated like Mud' -Pankaprabhā ment of immense width. This measurement is de- Fifth Hell: 'Illuminated like Smoke' -Dhumaprabhā fined as the distance covered flying non-stop for six Sixth Hell: 'Illuminated like Darkness' -Tamahprabhā months at a speed of 2,057,152 yojanas per sec- Seventh Hell: 'Illuminated like Deepest Darkness' - ond. A yojana is equal to about 6 miles. For astro- Tamastamaprabhā nomical calculations Jainas use the unit of a The misery of the beings inhabiting the hells is the Pramāna Yojana (1000 Yojanas). This is the yojana result of their Karma. Only those creatures human or used in this chapter. Mobile beings live in the Trasa animal, which have earned demerit because of evil Nali, while immobile beings may live both inside and actions, go to the lower world, from where they oboutside it. Three layers: Dense Water (Humid Air), tain rebirth as plants, animals or humans. After the
Dense Air and Thin Air surround the whole-occu- realization of their hellish body producting karma, they અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદવાદ અને યવાદ વિશેષાંક ક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્વાદુવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક F અનેકાંતવીદ, ચીવાદ અને
કોત્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને તેયવાદ વિશેષાંક ઝ અનેકીત્તવાદ, ચાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિશેષંક 5 અનેકત્તવાદ, સ્પીદ્વવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષુક - અનેકોdવીદ, ચીઢવીદ અને તર્યવીર વિશેષંક અનેકlodવાદ, સ્યાદવાદ