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141
10
17
Avirata [147+1 (tir-[1-4 Anger, pride, [1-4 Anger, pride, Explanation.-As the tirthamkara prakriti and
samyaga
th a Ăn - kara pra
drişti.
kriti No. 141.)
deceit and greed manuşya and deva ayuhs are liable to be engenof the apra-dered here, the number of bandha prakritis becomes tyakhyāna 74+3=77. type (Nos. 2427), devagati 51),
-7 (1-4 a ng er, 5
109),
deceit and greed of the apratyakhya na type (Nos. 2427), Manuşya gati 5 pride, de- No. 49), ceit and 6 Manuşya gatya- 6 greed of nupurvi (No. the anantānub an 7 Manuş ya yu h dhi type, (No. 46), 8 narakagati (No. The number of satta prakritis in column 3 is 20- 8 Audarika sarira 52), given from the standpoint of him who is called a (No. 58), 9 narakag a by akshayaka samyaga dristi, which signifies a jīva 9 Audarika ango- nupurvi (No.who starts on the path by destroying the seven panga (No. 63), 111), energies specified in that column. They have to and 10 narakayuh (No. be added in the case of him who starts not by 10 Vajra variṣabha 48), destroying them altogether, but by merely rendernārāchasangha-11 vaikriyaka sa-ing them quiescent. nana (No. 83).]
Nos.
23,
rira (No. 59),
In
12 vaikriyaka ango- The duration of this stage varies from less than panga (No. 64), 48 minutes to an enormous period of time. 13 manusy a gat-all cases of death from any of the higher gunasyanupurvi (No. thānas the soul passes into this stage in the very 109), next instant after death. There is however no 14 tiryaggatya nu-death on the kshapaka śreni,* nor in the twelfth purvi (No. 112), and subsequent stages. 15 durbhaga (No.
5 Mith y
No.
ätva, 17,
6 Samyag amithyātva, No.
18,
and
78 amyaaktva, No. 19).]
At the end of the third stage we had 99 (100-1) (No. active prakritis left to be dealt with. Here the addition of five others which become active in this devagat y a n u-stage for the first time gives us 99+5=104. These purvi (No. 110), five prakritis are the four kinds of anupurvi (Nos. 7 devāyuh (No. 109-112) and samyaktva prakriti (No. 19).
45),
134),
Effect. The most important result is that the 16 anadeya (No soul cannot now descend into hell, unless it has 138), contracted narakayuh before acquiring the right faith.
and
17 ayasakirti
140).]
(Na
*The path of progress bifurcates after the seventh stage and is called kshapaka or upasama śreni according as it consists in the destruction of certain prakṛtis or only in rendering them inactive.
STAGES ON THE PATH
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