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Elaboration-A thing that is harmful for a type of beings is called a shastra or weapon against those. According to Sthananga Sutra there are two types of weapons--Physicalweapons like fire, poison, salts, oil, acid and base. Mentalweapons like evil or indisciplined indulgence of mind, speech and body.
(Sthananga Sutra 10) The commentator (Niryukti, verse 95, 96) has listed the weapons for earth-bodied beings as follows--
(1) Spade and other digging tools, (2) Plough and other splitting tools, (3) Deer-horn, (4) Wood, straw, etc., (5) Fire, (6) Excreta, (7) Same-bodied weapons; For example black sand is weapon
against golden sand, (8) Other-bodied weapons; For example water is weapon for
sand, (9) Mixed bodied weapons; For example sand mixed with
water is weapon for sand. (10) Mental-weapons. (see Illustration 3) हिंसा के हेतु
१३. तत्थ खलु भगवया परिण्णा पवेइया।
इमस्स चेव जीवियस्स परिवंदण-माणण-पूयणाए, जाई-मरण-मोयणाए, दुक्खपडिघायहेउं। से सयमेव पुढविसत्थं समारंभइ, अण्णेहिं वा पुढविसत्थं समारंभावेइ,
अण्णे वा पुढविसत्थं समारंभंते समणुजाणइ। ___ तं से अहियाए, तं से अबोहीए।
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