Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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Sec. III)
STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SÚTRA
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The first criterion of all the rules is endurance of the following twenty-two parişahu(for bearances) because they are correlated with Karma-prakrtis which bind the soul by covering its inherent state of perfection. They are as follows:- Hunger (ksudhā), thirst (pipāsā), cold (sita), leat (uşņa), flies (damsa), mosquitos (masakā), clothlessness (acelu), dislike (arati) (mohaniyajo manavikāraḥ), woman (stri, i. e. liking for woman's society), walking or staying (caryā, i. e. the monk must not stay in one place for long), the most unpleasant spot (naisidhiki-svādbyāya. bhūnim-sũnyāgārāli-r@pa-tat parisahanam), bed (bagga, i. e, indifference to a comfortable or discomfortable bed), reviling with hard words (akroša), beating with stick (vadha), begging alms (yācunā), non-obtaining of alins (alābha), disease (roga), touch of grass (tìņas parku, i. e. endurance of pain caused by the touch of the pointed tip of grass), dirt (jalla or mala) on body (i, e. monk must not allow his mind to think on the refreshment and joy of bath), honour with gift or praise (satkāra) and standing in reverence, etc., by the kings and others (puraskāra), intellect (prajna) (i. e. the feeling of own intellectual accomplishment or lack of intellect), knowledge (fāna) (i. e. the feeling of pride in knowledge or the feeling of inferiority for want of knowledge), right attitude to own religious truth (darśana) (i. e. a monk must not have doubt in the truth of his own religion and predilection for other faith).
Samitis (rules of conduct)
Besides the five samitis, as already mentioned in the first section of this chapter, there is also the mention of three other gamitis along with them, viz, manasamiti, vāg-samiti, and kāya-samiti (.e. restraint in mental, vocal, and physical activities).
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* BAS, Comm., 8, 8, 343. Granthāntare tu ājñāparişaha
pathyate. * 16, 8, 8, 343. See Uttarādhyayana Sutra xlv., p. 11. # 16, 2, 1, 92.