Treasury of Jain Tales

Author(s): V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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wealth (artha) – playing a predominant role, or ( 2 ) love (kāma) - playing a predominant role, or (3) religion virtue, duty -(dharma) - playing a predominant role. A mixed (misra or samki rna) story is the fourth type.'
A wealth-story is one which has wealth as its predominant subject matter and which deals with war-fare, sending of letters, agriculture, trading and mechanical arts, the use of alchemy, making of alloys, etc., the use of expedients like conciliation (sāma), dissension (bheda), bribery (upapradana) and punishment (danda).
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A love story treats of beautiful forms, proficiency in arts, which has for its essence respectful reception and union accompanied with horripilation caused by love, and which describes the activities of (maiden messengers or) go-betweens, amours and propitiation etc. 9
A religion-virtue, duty-story is one which has dharma for its principal theme, which treats of virtues like forgiveness, humility, straightforwardness, freedom from greed, self-control, truthfulness, purity, non-possession, celibacy and other religious matters like the five lesser vows, etc.
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7. एत्थ सामन्नओ चत्तारि कहाओ हवंति । तं जहा कामकहा, धम्मकहा, संकिण्णकहा य ।
-ibid.
8. जा अत्थोवायाणपडिबद्धा असि - मसिकसि - वाणिज - सिप्प - संगया विचित्तधाऊवायाइपमुहमहोवायसंपउत्ता साम- भेय-उवप्पयाणदंडाइ - पयत्थ - विरइया सा अत्थकह त्ति भण्णइ ।
अत्थकहा,
9. जा उण कामोवायाणविसया चित्त- वपुव्वय- कला- दक्खिण्णपरिगया अणुराय- पुलइय- पडिवत्ति- जोयसारा दूई- वावाररमियभावाणुवत्तणाइ- पयत्थ- संगया सा कामकह त्ति भण्णइ ।
-ibid.
-ibid.
10. जा उण धम्मोवायाणगोयरा खमा - मद्दवज्जव - मुत्ति- तव - संजमसोयाकिंचण्ण- वंभचेर - पहाणा अणुव्वय- दिसि -
सच्च