Tattvartha Sutram

Author(s): Adishwarprasad Jain
Publisher: Adishwar Jain

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Tatyartha Sntam
Non-crbal scriptural non lcdge is derni cd from all kinds of sensitie hnon ledge crccpt those kinds shich can be reduced to words Wytten or srohen You feel cold air the knon lcdgc of coldness is
cnetic hnon lcdgc bs mcans of touch of the skin If you do not 1,1 c it and infer that it is unpica sant, it is non-crbal scriptural I non ledge. It is derived from your hnon lcdge or feeling of cold, which cannot be reduced to a mere u ord written or spoken
Verbal scriptural knou ledge is possible onlr in rational beings All the irrationals have onls non-serbal scriptural kanon ledge. Their sensita canon lcdge also is confined to perception (Aragraha) bs all thc 5 senses ercept the cre.
The rationals have non-crbal scriptural knon ledge also
Verbal scriptural knon Icdce is also called Shabdajranc or Shabdara produced br words Non-s erbal scriptural knowledge is also called Lingajamia or Lingaja produced by agns (Gommat asara, Ja Kanda Gatha 314)
THE ANICENT JAINA SACRED LITE RATURE
The Lnonledge of a Shruta (37) mar be of things thich are contained in the Angas (Sacred bools of the Jainas) or of things outside the Angas There are 64 root letters of the alphabet or representations of sounds Of these 33 are consonats 27 ron el, ( slight long and prolonged, 3 lands of cach of tbc 6 sotels and mixed Sounds anusi ara sisarg, kh hhh hp hiph ) u bich help in the formation of Comround Ictters) The total number of possible combinations of these 64 simple letters into Compound of 23,4, or more upto are the lctters (Simple and Compound) of Shruta in its entirety This Ictters in a middlc foot (977) of the Paramagama gives us the number of rect Padas 9 of the Angasas 11 28 35 80,500 The remaineder 8 10 8 175 gives us the letters of that part of Shruta which is not contained in the angas This part is divided into 14 Prah inaka such as Dasa l'arlal,ka Uttaradhai an & c
SUTRA 21 भावप्रत्ययोऽवधिदेवनारकानाम् ॥२१॥
Bbava pratyayoavadhir deva narakanam. Birth-born visual knowledge (1S in-born) in celestial an! bellish beings
Thc Dravyas are 6, 49, gopal, 9, , 97777 SA