The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva; Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1848. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Achelakka; 2nd, Udesia; 3rd, Siyyayara; 4th, Payapitha; 5th, Kiikamme; 6th, Vaya; 7th, Jetha; 8th, Padikamane; 9th, Masam; 10th, Pajjosavana. 1. What, then, is meant by Achelakka? He who is without chela, that is to say, clothing, is Achelakka, and the abstract noun formed from that it is Achailakyat (unclothedness). Achailakya is the attribute of Blshabha and Mahavira alone of all the principal Yatis, they having no other clothing than some covering of old white cloth. Ajita and the rest of the twenty-two Tirthankars being dressed in clothes, valuable and of a variety of colours, though still with holy dispositions, are said to be in the state of Suchelakatwa (wellclothedness). Whether any one else who dresses in coarse white clothes may be considered as in the state of Achailakya is not determined. To those then belongs especially the first Kalpa. The original Magadhi words are as follows: --Nj#3t faiznR" Tjvfaz fatvir The Sanskrit equivalents will soon appear in their proper places in the text. f This is now the Sanskrit form introduced by the author, and continued during the whole paragraph, to the exclusion of the Magadhi. % That is to say, the first and last Tirthankars. 2. The second Kalpa is the Uddesika, or the accepting of necessaries without asking for them; since such is the meaning of the word. It is an Institute intended for sages. Rice with split pulse, water, sweetmeats, betel-leaf with betel-nut, clothing, vessels, a house and necessary furniture, may be received by such. This Institute belongs to the first and last of the Tirthankars. It may have reference to one, or to a company, or to a whole college of sages. It is not applicable to all the sages. To the twenty-two Tirthankars, and others who enjoy a superior regimen, it is inapplicable; to ...