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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and dvesa (dislike or hatred). Rāga and dvesa are divided into four kinds of kasāyas (passions), viz. kerodha (anger), māna (pride), māyā (deceitfulness) and lobha (greed). This analysis shows the emergence of emotions in the form of passions and quasipassions, appearing in different degrees due to the rise of karma. Passion is correlated to colour which is associated with feeling, because there is the material colour of the karmic matter of the body,' e. g. the karma-pudgalas of these four kinds of passions are endowed with five colours, five tastes, two smells and four touches. Here the psychic analysis of the correlation between the karma-matters and physical colour throws light upon the relation of the soul with the physical matter.
Krodha is the self-expression aggravating the mind ; the first repulsive reaction of it is resistance and resentment to any attempt from outside to flout it. Māna is the consciousness of self-respect to measure the self to maintain dignity, and to show itself distinct from others, i. e. self-maintenance. Māyā is the expression of inner-self and self-display and it attracts something to have. The self wants to express its nature and magnitude, but it is obstructed, so it takes the course of deceitfulness. Māyā is thus self-exhibition, Lobha tries to appropriate everything. Leśyā (condition of Soul)?
As already mentioned the psychological phenomena manifest themselves into six colourations of the soul, viz. kroņa (black), nila (blue), kāpota (grey), teja (red), padma (lotus) and šukla (white). They are the names to represent the conditions of the soul, as if
persons want to enjoy the fruit of a tree. The worthy one of them thinks that the fruit would come and fall on the ground in due course. This is a suklaleśya man, while a gross materialist is a man endowed with the black condition of soul. These leśyās have been studied from different aspects, such as, colour, smell, taste, touch, transformation, etc. e. g. kroņa-leśyā is stated to be of cloud colour, of bitter taste like that of Nimba,
1 Bhs, 12, 5, 449.
: 10, 1, 2, 22 ; 12, 5, 1, 450.
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