Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)

by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words

The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...

Part 9 - Activities of the Asurakumāras

Q. 138. Bhante! Are the Asurakumāras with endeavour?

A. 138. Gautama! The Asurakumāras are with endeavour and with possession, not without endeavour or without possession.

Q. 139. Why so?

A. 139. Gautama! The Asurakumāras kill earth-bodies...till mobile beings. They possess bodies, karma, abodes; possess gods, goddesses, men, women, animals male and female; possess cushion, bed, earthen vessels, bell-metal vessels, iron vessels; possess live, non-live and mixed objects. So they are like that (i.e., with endeavour and with possession, not without endeavour and without possession). And like this,... till the Stanitakumāras.

The one-organ beings are like the infernal beings.

Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):

(There is no commentary available for this section).

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