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निरतिक्रमणमणुव्रतपञ्चकमपि शीलसप्तकं चापि । areà ft:gen atset afazi udì afach: 11 236 11
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सामान्यार्थ - जो शल्य - रहित होता हुआ, अतिचार रहित पाँचों अणुव्रतों को और सातों शीलव्रतों को धारण करता है वह गणधरदेवादिक व्रतियों के मध्य में व्रतिक नाम का श्रावक माना जाता है।
The householder who is free from stings (salya), and observes the five small vows-anuvrata, together with the seven silavrata (comprising three subsidiary vows gunavrata, and four instructional vows - sikṣāvrata) is called by the Most Excellent Votaries the vratika śrāvaka (second stage).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthasūtra:
निश्शल्यो व्रती ॥ ७-१८ ॥
The votary is free from stings.
Jain, Vijay K. (2011), "Acharya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthsūtra", p. 100.
Acārya Pujyapada's Sarvarthasiddhi:
That which injures is a thorn or sting. Any sharp thing which causes pain to the body is a sting. Just as the sting causes pain to sentient beings, the emotional excitement arising from karmas, which causes bodily and mental pain, is figuratively called a sting. This is of three kinds, the sting of deceit, the sting of desire for enjoyment or pleasure, and the sting of perverse attitude (wrong faith). Māyā is deceit. Nidānam is desire for worldly pleasure and splendour. Mithya darśanam is wrong faith. He who is free from these three kinds of stings is called a
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