Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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making sounds with them, stamping feet and shouting 'On, I am dying, I am dying', he arrived at the pottery market of Hālānala. There to mitigate the feverish heat felt by him, he would suck raw mango, drink wine, again and again sing, dance and greet Halānalā with folded hands, and pour over his body cold water stored in clay jars.
"śramaņa Bhaga wān Mahavira told the Nirgranthas: "O Aryans, the Tejolesyä used by Go fāla ka to kill me was capable of hitting, destroying and burning sixteen coun. tries, namely, 1. Anga, 2. Banga, 3. Magadha, 4. Malaya, 5. Malaya, 6. Accha, 7. Vatsa, 8. Kaut sa, 9. Fātha, 10. Lata, 11. Vajra, 12. Mauli, 13. Käsi, 14. Kausala, 15. Abadha, 16. Sambhuktara. Now, in the pottery mart, he is sucking raw mango, drinking alcohol, dancing, and, folding hands again and again, pouring cold water over his body. To hide his sins, he is propounding the Eight Ultimates, that is, Ultimate drinking, Ultimate singing, Ultimate'dra ma, Ultimate Anjali-Karma, Ultimate Mahāmegha, Ultimate Sechana ka Gandhahasti, Ultimate Mahasila Kan - taka Sangrama . and, in this Avasarpini Kala (period of decay), the manifestation of the Ultimate Teerthankara in his person. To hide fact of having to pour cold water over his body, he is talking of four types of drinkable and four types of non-drinkable water. The drinkable types are: 1. What falls from the hind portion of a cow, 2. Water poured by hand, 3. What is warmed up by the rays of the Sun, and 4. What comes out of the rocks. The other four types are non-drinkable, but may be used to mitigate burning or heat. They are: 1. Stored water: Water stored in cold earthen jars. They may be touched by hand, but their water is not to be drink. 2. Skin water: Chewing of raw fruits like mango, its stone and berries, but not swallowing the juice. 3. Pod Water: Chewing raw pods of urad, mung, green peas etc. but not swallowing the liquid. 4. Pure drinking: A person eats pure dried fruits and sweets for six months. For two months, he sleeps on the ground, for two months on a plank of wood, and for the last two months on straw. On the last night of the sixth month, he will be visited by two gods of prosperity, namely, Manibhadra and Puranbhadra. They touch him with their cool and moist hands. If he responds to the cool touch, serpent's poison appears. If he does not, then flames arise from his body