Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

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

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA
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endowed with five senses of touch, taste smell, sight and hearing. Of these five-sensed beings, human beings, infernal beings and gods possess rational mind. One-sensed beings
There are two classes of one-sensed beings, viz. fine or subtle (sūksma) and gross (vādara) one-sensed beings, which are again sub-divided into developed and undeveloped, fine and gross one-sensed beings. The developed fine one-sensed beings are invisible to senses as they inhabit the earth, water, air, fire and plant. They have been studied from the aspects of sex, cognition, darśana (self-awareness) activity, condition of soul, attitude, conduct, the binding of karmus, state of existence, etc., e. g. they belong to the third sex. There are also the undeveloped one.sensed beings which differ from the developed ones in regard to activity and rise of Nāma-karma. The developed and undeveloped gross one-sensed beings are visible to the eyes and they are dealt with from the same aspects of the fine one-sensed beings; they differ from each other in regard to lesya, etc.
Vikalendriya-Jīvas (Beings having two, three & four
sense-organs) The vikalendriya-jivas are classified into two categories, viz, paryāptaka (developed) and aparyā ptaka (undeveloped). They are studied from different aspects, such as, cognition, activity, condition of soul (leśyā) attitude of mind (drati), conduct, binding of karma, etc. Five sensed beings
They are classified into three species, viz. jalacara (acquatic), e. g. fish etc., sthalacara (terrestrial), e. g. elephant, etc., and khahacara (aerial', such as bird, etc. They are further divided into two groups, viz. sanjħi (endowed with rational mind) and asanja (endowed with irrational mind) and also into two other categories, viz., paryāptaka (developed) and aparyāptaka (undeveloped). They are classified into four divisions on the basis of their birth, viz. andaja (born from egg), potajā (born from a foetus)
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