Practical Dharma

SR No.: 011122
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Indian Press
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 123
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 8 MB

Page 33

BANDHA
23
65
66
(ii) vaikriyaka, pertaining to the vaikriyaka sarīra which can be- 64
come big or small, and can assume any form at will, and (iii) ahāraka, i.e., pertaining to the ahāraka body. (5) Nårmāņa, that is, symmetry.
(6) Bandhana, or union of particles without which it would be im- 67possible for the body to be organised. This is of five kinds, correspond- 71 ing to the five kinds of bodies enumerated above.
(7) Sanghāta, a still closer union of particles than bandhana. This 72. is also different for the five different kinds of bodies, hence, of five types. 76
(8) Sansathāna, or development, which is of six kinds, as follows:
(i) samachaturasra, i.e., proportionate, (ii) nyagrodha parimandala, that is, well-developed in the upper 78
parts and ill-formed in the lower, (iii) svātika, or well-formed in the lower portion, but stunted in za
the upper, (iv) kubjaka, that is, hunch-backed,
(v) vāmaņa, or dwarfish, and (vi) hundaka, that is, general mal-formation.
(9) Sanghanana, or formation of bony skeleton. This is of the following six kinds, of which only the last three are possible in the present age:(i) vajra vrişabha nārācha, that is, adamantine, or steel-frame az
formation of bones, their wrappings and nails, (ii) vajra nārācha, i.e., the steel-frame formation of bones and 84
'nails,' but not of wrappings, or bandages, (iii) nārācha, or bones, wrappings, and 'nails of the ordinary 85
type, that is to say, without adamantine strength, (iv) ardha nārācha, that is, only partially nailed joints, without 86
wrappings, (v) kilaka, or wholly nailed joints, and (vi) asamprāpta sļipātika, that is, bones strung together by carti
lage, but not fixed with 'nails.'