Book Title: Vivagsuyam
Author(s): Madhusudan Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay

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________________ $33. ] Vivagasuyam. 121 6 " 6 May it so please you. Do not make any delay. Then that Subāhu, in the presence of the Samana, took on himself the Five Lesser Vows and the Seven Disciplinary Vows, and having done so, he ascended the same chariot from which he had alighted and went away into that very direction from which he came. At that time and at that period Indabhuî, the the addition of the term thulaga gross,' which is absent from the rules applicable to monks (see Ay. ibidem ). It indicates a less stringent interpretation of the vows in the case of ordinary followers. According to the Skr. comm., by gross ill-usage is intended ill-usage of the grosser forms of life ( of trasa or men and animals,' as distinguished from the more subtle forms of life of plants, earth-bodies, etc. By gross lying is intended such lying as causes serious injury (sankleshotpadaka ). By gross taking of things not given is intended theft or robbery. Under the term sattasikhsavaiyam, or seven disciplinary vows,' are here lumped together two classes of VOWS which are distinguished, in Ov. 57, into tinni guna-vvy aim, Skr. trini gunavratam, or the three salutory vows (Guj. paraph. gunkari ), and chattari sikkha-vaya m (or sikkhavvayāim), Skr. chatvari shiksi-padadni (or siksavratani, ef. Yog. II, II, III, 117), or the four disciplinary vows (Guj. paraph. dharin ni sikshär p ). In Sanskrit expositions of the Jain faith, the objects of the five VOWS commonly named thus, alimsa, asunrita, asteya, brahmacharya and aparigraha, see Yog. III, 89-93." ( Dr. Hoernle) 3 6 > 66 . 6 > 6 are For a further and detailed explanation on these two terms refer to the notes on the term in my Edition of Sirisirivālakahā Part I, pp. 69 to 71. Also read Prof. P. L. Vaidya's notes on these VOWS in his edition of Vivagasuyam pp. 175-176.

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