Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 4

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

Page 27

Vada ]
Nihanavavāda
: 3:
Having explained to his pupil Durbalikā Puspamitra ( दुर्बलिकापुष्पमित्र ) the various rs Nayas (or philosophical systems through which the objects are perceived) and Anuyogas -the different methods of exposition of various subjects in details, Acarya Arya-Rakṣitasūri anand andzfuraeft appointed him as his successor to the post of preceptorship at Mathurā (Muttrā).
66
At this time, Goṣṭhāmāhilang, the seventh Nihnavawho, in his wordly life happened to be the maternal uncle of Acārya Maharaja Arya Rakṣitasūriji and who was one of the most learned pupils of the Acarya,-c -comes to him after having defeated a non-Jain adversary in a controversial discussion to which he was sent by the Acarya, and remarks with vanity Why should the preceptor appoint a shy and weak person like Durbalikā Puspamitra, as an Acārya, leaving aside a smart and eloquent person like me?" Being incidentally impelled by personal hatred and vanity, he further tries to hide and refute the Truth propagated by all the Tirthankaras and the Preceptor, and as a result of that, he turns out to be a Nihnava. For, one who tries to deny and disbelieve the truthful theories merely by hiding the truth out of sheer vanity is called a fa Nihnava.
Goṣṭhāmāhila was the seventh Nihnava. In connection with the story of this Nihnava, the author describes in details, the life-history as well as the discussions of each of the other six types of Nihnavas, in regular order. 1-2 (2296-2297.) अहवा चोएह नयाणुओगनिण्हवणओ कहं गुरवो ।
a fe faogafa, wung ant a áifa afufa ||3||239611 a a fasymqung aufa sì yo qúfa faugaş | मिच्छाभिनिवेसाओ स निण्हवो बहुरयाइ व्य ||४|| २२९९|
3. Ahava cöei Nayāņuoganinhavaṇao kaham guravo i Na hi niņhavati, bhaņņai jao na jampanti natthi tti 2298 4. Na ya micchabhāvaṇāe vayanti jo puņa payam pi niņhavai | Micchābhinivesão sa nihhavo Bahurayai vva | 2299
For Private Personal Use Only