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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Illuminator of Jaina Tenets
[ Lustre 1
sthaulyam api dvividham-antyam aśeşalokavyāpimahāskandhasya, āpeksikam yathā-ārrāpekṣayā nālikerasya.
äksiih-samsthānam tacca caturasrādikam itthamstham, aniyatākāram anitthamstham.
viśleșah-bhedaḥ. sa ca pañcadhā -
1. utkarah-mudgaśamībhedavat. 2. cūrṇaḥ-godhūmacūrņavat. 3. khandah.-lohakhandavat. 4. prataraḥ-abhra patalabhedavat. 5. anutaţikā - taţākarekhāvat.
krsnavarnabahulah pudgalapariņāmavišeşaḥ tamal pratibimbarūpah pudgala pariņāmaś chāyā. sūryādīnām uşnaḥ prakāśa ātapaḥ. candrādinām anuşnaḥ prakāśa uddyotaḥ.. manyādinām raśmiḥ prabhā. sarva eva ete pudgaladharmāḥ. ata etadvān api pudgalaḥ.
(Aph.) It (pudgalāstikāya) is also possessed of the following attributes : sound, integration, subtlety, extensity, configuration, disintegration, darkness, reflection, hot effulgence, cold effulgence and lustre. (XV)
(Gloss) Integration or disintegration of material bodies occasions an evolute called sound which is again of two kinds (in respect of
enesis): (1) produced by conscious exertion and (2) natural and spontaneous. Of these, the first is produced by effort, and is again of two kinds, viz , linguistic and extra-linguistic. The natural and spontaneous (vaisrasika) sound is produced by (unconscious) natural conditions such as the sound produced by clouds and the like. On a different basis of classification, it may again be considered as of three kinds, viz., (1) produced by a sentient being, (2) produced by an insentient object and (3) produced jointly by the two. Being possessed of a finite dimension, it cannot be a quality of ākāśa (space) which is devoid of dimension. It also follows from the consideration that it is cognizable by means of the auditory organ. Assuredly the auditory organ is incapable of apprehending anything which is devoid of dimension.
Bandha (integration) is combination. This also is of two kinds : (1) produced by conscious exertion, which has a definite beginning in time, and (2) natural, which may have a beginning or also be devoid of beginning.