Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates ‘Jaina philosophical concepts’ of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or “lexicography” category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
Jaina philosophical concepts
(a) Ādīnava (III. 2. 29; p. 266)–
[Distress from disease:]
Amarakośa mentions ādīnava and āsrava as synonyms of distress. Kṣīrasvāmin explains āsrava as ‘that which emaciates the body’ and also mentions the seven principles of the Jains of which āsrava is one.
The seven principles are soul, non-soul, flow of karma, stoppage of karma, bondage and liberation–
āsravantīndriyāṇyanenāsravaḥ yajjaināḥ—
jīvājīvāsravasaṃvaranirjarabandhamuktayaḥ sapta padārthāḥ |
The Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha (III. 55) mentions that the tattvas according to the Jains are seven or nine–
jīvājīvaupuṇyapāpe cāsravaḥ saṃvaropi ca |
bandho nirjaraṇaṃ muktireṣāṃ vyākhyā'dhunocyate ||