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part, the upper part, as well as the horizontal region, with infatuated creatures circling round. He knows the juncture of the world. The hero who unfetters the fettered on: deserves praise. As is the interior (world of passions) so is the exterior (world circling round) and as is the exterior, so is the interior. In the interior of the body he perceives the foul interior humours and their several streams. The wise man, observing this and intelligently understanding the same, should not eat (his saliva). He should not throw himself flat on those things.”84 This is obviously a practice which is the precursor of the Buddhist kāyānuphssanā satipatthāna (mindfulness concerning inspection of the interior of the body), An important aspect of this meditation is represented by the gerunds pehāe (having looked at)85 and sapehae (having comprehended),86 which indicate the necessity of right cognitive attitude towards the world. This brief account of meditation, read with the eighth chapter called Vimoha-ajjhayaņa which prescribes immobility of the body at the highest stage, gives an idea of the earliest form of meditation prevalent in the early periods of Nirgranthism and
Buddhism.
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4. The above account of the contents of the earliest book of the Ardhạmāgadhi scripture of the Jainas is given, as far as possible, on the basis of the text itself, as edited by Muni Shri Nathmalji (Jain Vishva Bharati) without any reference to the exegetical literature. This study may be considered supplementary to what has been done by the learned editor who has brought to bear his vast knowledge in disentangling many a problem that exercised the ingenuity of great scholars of the eminence of Jacobi and Schubring. The edition, with notes which are so penetrating, is a valuable contribution to the field of Jainological studies. The editor has the blessings and inspiration of the great saint and reformer Acharya Shri Tulsi who has been indefatigably working for the spiritual and moral and cultural regeneration of the nation for more than three decades. The translator Muni Shri Mahendra Kumarji, B.Sc., has also done his job excellently and we hope he would continue to do such work in the future with unabated zeal.
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35. Āyāro I. 1.4.69 :
je pamatte guņațțhite, se hu dande pavuccati, 36. ibid : 1. 3.1. 13 & 1.4.3.29 :
ārambhajam dukkhamiņam ti ņaccā. 37. ibid : 1. 5.5.95 :
tameva saccam ņīsamkam, jam jiņehim paveiyam.
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