Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYAJA. DHARMA
lobha. There are similar classes and sub.classes of śaucha (greedlessness) to correspond with those of greed. The sadhu exerts himself in every way. to purify his heart from all forms of this poisonous evil.
v. ExcelleNT TRUTH, -Speaking nobly is considered satya (truth) by the enlightened. Speech is of the following ton kinds, which, not withstand. ing their partial descriptive mis-statement, do not in. volve a transgression of the vow of truthfulness :
(i) nūma, that is, purely arbitrary nomenclature, 6.9., calling a man Hathi Singh, which literally signifies an elephant-lion ;
(ii) rupa, i.e., describing a thing with reference to its general prominent characteristic, e. g., to call a swan white, though it is certainly not white in every part of its body ; :' (iii) sthapnā, i.e., naming a person or an object with reference to a transference of attributes, 4.9., this is Bhagwan Chandra Prabhu (said of a consecrated statue of the eighth Tirthamkara] ;
(vi) pratîtyu, i.e., describing an object by comparing it with another object, 19., to call an ordinary nian brave, as compared with a coward ; ,
(v) sunmata sma), i,ė, describing according to the popular vogue, e.g., to speak of a lotus flower as pankaja (literally, produced from mud), though this is not the case with all kinds of lotuses ;