Shatkhandagama Pustak 07

Author(s): Pushpadant, Bhutbali, Hiralal Jain, Fulchandra Jain Shastri, Devkinandan, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahityoddharak Fund Karyalay Amravati

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INTRODUCTION.
The first part of Satkhandāgama called Jivatthana was completed with volume VI published an year and a half ago. The present volume contains the second Khanda called Khudda-bandha ( SK. Kşudraka-bandha ), which means Bondage in brief. It consists of eleven chapters, besides the two additional ones, one being introductory and the other in the form of an appendix. The subjectmatter is for the most part identical with what had already been propounded in the previous Khanda. But one important point of distinction between the two treatments is that here the Gunasthāna division of souls has been ignored in dealing with the Mārganā-sthānas, while in the former treatment it was strictly adhered to. The categories adopted in this part are also slightly different in scope as well as arrangement from those of the previous Khanda. In place of the eight divisions of Jīvatthāņa, namely, Existence ( Sat ), Numbers ( Samkhyā ), Volume (Ksetra ), Space traversed ( Sparśana ). Time (Kāla ), Interruption (Antara ), Quality (Bhāva ), and Comparative numerical strength (Alpa-bahutva), the headings adopted here are Ownership of karma ) from the point of view of a single soul ( Swāmitva ), Time from the point of view of a single soul ( Kāla ), Interruption from the point of view of a single soul ( Antara ), Being or non-being of the different conditions of existence from the point of view of the souls in the aggregate ( Bhanga-vicaya ), Numbers (Dravya-pramāņa ), Volume (Kþetrānugama), Space traversed ( Sparśana ), Time from the point of view of the souls in the aggregate, Interruption from the point of view of the souls in the aggregate, Ratio ( Bhāgābhāgānugama ), and Comparative numerical strength ( Alpabahutva ). Besides these eleven categories which constitute the main chapters of this Khanda, the introductory chapter deals with the souls that contract karmas and those that do not (Bandhaka-sattva-prarūpaņā ), and the supplementary chapter at the end supplies information seriatim about the comparative numerical strength of the different classes of souls in an ascending order (Mahādandaka of Alpa-bahutva ). The information being for the most part the same as found in the first Khanda, it was not necessary to add many comparative foot-notes and explanatory notes, because a reference to the corresponding section of Jīvatthāņa would easily supply the wanted information. But where any novel or intricate point occurs, the necessary explanations and notes have been added.