Book Title: Samavayangasuttam
Author(s): Ashok Kumar Singh
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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________________ Samavāya thirty-one 125 अपराजिताणं देवाणं जहण्णेणं एकतीसं 18सागरोवमाइं ठिती पण्णत्ता। On this (first) earth Gem-lustre, some infernal beings' longevity is expounded thirty-one pit similes. On the lower seventh earth (Thick dark lustre), some infernal beings' longevity, at least, is expounded thirty-one ocean similes. Some demon (Asurakumāra) gods' longevity is expounded thirty-one pit-similes. Some divinities' longevity, in the paradises Saudharma and īsāna, is expounded thirty-one pit-similes. The longevity of divinities of paradises Vijaya, Vaijayanta, Jayanta and Aparājita, at least, is expounded thirty-one oceansimiles. 31[3] जे देवा 1 उवरिमउवरिमगेवेजयविमाणेसु देवत्ताते उववण्णा तेसि णं देवाणं उक्कोसेणं एक्कतीसं सागरोवमाइं ठिती पण्णत्ता। तेणं देवा एकतीसाए अद्धमासेहिं आणमंति वा पाणमंति वा ऊससंति वा नीससंति वा। तेसि णं देवाणं एक्कतीसाए वाससहस्सेहिं आहारढे समुप्पजति। संतेगतिया भवसिद्धिया जीवा जे एक्कतीसाए भवग्गहणेहिं सिज्झिस्संति जाव सव्वदुक्खाणं अंतं करेस्संति। The longevity, at the most, of the gods manifested in the top (ninth) of the upper three paradises, Graiveyaka, is expounded thirty-one ocean-similes. These gods breath in or breath forth, exhale and inhale once in every thirty fortnights and feel hunger after thirty one thousand years. Among the fit to be liberated ones, the few will liberate, up to will annihilate the entire miseries (free from the world cycle) in the subsequent thirty-one re-births. 18. पलिरू ओवमाइं मु०॥ 19. उवरिमगेवे खं० हे १ ला १, २। उवरिमगेवेज्जयविजयविमाणेसु जे०॥ Notes A. Two versions regarding the qualities of the salvated souls are found in Jaina canonical texts. Ācārārgasūtral presents these qualities based on the types of sansthāna (5), colour (5), smell (2), taste (5), touch (8), gender (3) and he is without body, without resurrection and without contact of matter. Āvaśyakasūtra? also mentions their thirty one qualities. The version of Samavāyānga is based on the annihilation of eight types of karmas. 1. Acārangasutra, Ladnun, 5/127-134. 2. Avasyakasātra, pratikramana Adhyayyana, Navasuttāni, Ladnun, 4/8. Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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