Words For Violence In Seniors Of Jaina Canon

Author(s): Colette Caillat
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Words for violence in the "Seniors" of the Jaina Canon
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81. SūyȚ 189 (ad Sūy 2.1.24). 82. Cf. n. 60; 66. 83. Quoted JAS p. 109 n. 2. - On HIMS, himsā “injury done to a living being",
Schmithausen, op. cit. 60 and n. 356 (referring to A. Wezler, Adyar Libr. Bull. 50
(1986) 455). 84. On Ved. himsrá- "verwundend", AiG 2.2.851. 85. Cf. supra, and, on the other hand, Süy? 85 (ad Sūy 1.5.1.4 = 303), 104 (ad 1.7.5
= 385), etc.; na kam api prāņinam 'hiņsyāt na vyāpādayet, 94 (ad 1.5.2.24 =
350, na himsae). 86. Sūy 2.1.48 (= 679), supra: hammamānassa /. I paritāvijjamānassa. Or, in the text
of the bhāvanās (Ayār 2 p. 132): abhihanejjā /. / pariyāvejjā. Also 'na hinasti'
na paritāpayati, Sūy? 34 (ad Sữy 1.1.4.10, na himsai). 87. Sūy? 9, cf. supra section 2. 88. "Not to injure, to tell the truth, not to steal, to be chaste, not to hoard property".
Cf. ahimsā satyam astainyam, Baudhāyana DhSū 2.10.18.2 = Manu 10.63,
quoted in Schmidt, op. cit., 637 and n. 1, 628 and n. 1. 89. Cf. Sūy 2.2.9 (= 697), 'himsimsu vā himsai (v.l. -anti) vā himsissai (v.l. -anti)
vā'. Cf. supra; also n. 58. 90. Cf. n. 60, 66; 93. 91. From Sūy? 9 (supra) it follows that HIMS points particularly to the physical
injury resulting from violence; cf. Sūy 1.1.2.25, opposing he who intends (to kill) a living being, but actually does not do it; and he who unknowingly does injure one (merely in consequence of his physical activity):
abuho jam ca himsai (ajānāraḥ kāya-vyāpāra-mătrena yam ca hinasti prāṇinam, Ţ 25).
The definite aspect of HIMS is clear: there can be little doubt that the result (not the intention) is in evidence (cf. Sūy 1.7.5 (= 385); 1.7.9 (= 389]). 92. Cf. L. Renou, BSOAS 10 (1939), especially $826 f.; 31. 93. The Buddhist counterparts use HAN:
yo na hanti na ghāteti tam aham brūmi brāhmanam, Sn 629 = Dhp 405; also GDhp 1.18:
yo na hadi na ghadhedi tam aho bromi bramana; further, in part, Uv 33.36:
yo na hanti hi bhūtāni bravīmi brāhmaṇam hi tam.
Compare mā hane, Sūy 1.2.3.21a (JAS 163), supra. 94. Compare Utt 3.8 (= 104):
... padivajjanti tavam khantim (+) ahimsayam,