Illuminator of Jaina Tenets

SR No.: 006924
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 252
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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perish every moment, and so it is called śarīra (etymologically, what perishes every moment-siryate iti sariram). २५. औदारिक-वैक्रिय-आहारक-तैजस-कार्मणानि ।
स्थूलपुद्गलनिष्पन्नं रसादिधातुमयम् -औदारिकम् , मनुष्यतिरश्चाम् । विविधरूपकरणसमर्थम्-वैक्रियम्, नारकदेवानां, वैक्रियलब्धिमतां नरतिरश्चां वायुकायिकानाञ्च । आहारकलब्धिनिष्पन्नम्-आहारकम्, चतुर्दशपूर्वधराणाम् । तेजःपरमाणुनिष्पन्नं तैजसम्, तेजोलब्धि-दीप्ति-पाचन-कारकम् । कर्मणां समूहस्तद्विकारो वा कार्मणम् ।
एते च सर्वसंसारिणाम् । 25. audārika-vaikriya-āhāraka-taijasa-kārmaņāni.
sthālapudgala-nispannam rasadidhātumayam-audarikam, manusyatiraścām. vividharāpa-karana-samartham-vaikriyam, nāraka-devanam, vaikriyalabdhimatām naratiraścāṁ vāyukāyikānāñ ca. āhārakalabdhinişpannam-āhārakam, caturdaśapūrvadharāņām. tejahparamānu-nispannam-taijasam, tejolabdhi-dipti-pacana-kārakam. karmaṇāṁ samūhas 'tadvikāro vā kārmaņam. ete ca sarvasamsāriņām.
(Aph.) (The bodies are of five kinds, viz.) (i) the gross, (ii) the protean (capable of transformation at will), (iii) the communication (created ad hoc), (iv) the luminous, and (v) the karmic. (XXV)
(Gloss) or these, (i) the gross body is made of gross matter composed of the (seven) corporeal ingredients such as post-alimentary juices (blood, etc.); such is the body of men and animals. (ii) The protean body is the one capable of assuming diverse forms, such as the bodies of the denizens of heavens and hells, of men and animals possessed of the supernatural power of transformation, and of the air-bodied beings. (iii) The communication body is the result of the supernatural power called āhāraka; it is possible only for the ascetics with the knowledge of the fourteen pūrvas. (iv) The luminous body is composed of the luminous atoms. It makes possible the supernatural power of thermolu