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________________ 122 NAVA TATVA. nected with the principle of sin. Besides, there are want of proper motion in any member of the body, extreme minuteness, improper development, excessive hairiness, want of firmness; and the following acts, indelicate contact, (touching any part of the body below the navel], causing distress to any being, inharmonious sound, disobedience, disrespect. V. Appetites and passions, and other incitements to sin. These are the five senses and the four passions, [anger, pride, love, covetousness]; the five sinful acts, [killing, stealing, lying, adultery, devotedness to the world); the three yogas, Tapplications of the mind, speech, and body, to worldly objects]; besides the twenty following acts : walking carelessly, [and so endangering the life of insects], lending a weapon, wishing ill to any being, teazing any being or injuring them, beginning any work, [as ploughing], the reception of a gift, the exercise of cunning, accusing the Jain sacred books of falsehood, acting without any rule, seeing stage plays, touching things forbidden, [as horses, bulls, and women, which are prohibited to ascetics] ; hearing one's own praises proclaimed, bearing weapons, beating animals, purchasing articles to sell them at a profit, piercing any animal with a weapon, doing things with carelessness, disregard of the good opinion of gods and men, ordering others to do what you should do yourself,
SR No.011103
Book TitleKalpasutra and Navtattva
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJ Stevenson
PublisherOriental Translation Fund London
Publication Year1818
Total Pages173
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Agam, Canon, Philosophy, & agam_kalpsutra
File Size15 MB
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