Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the celestial beings are not neuter-sex which is verse 2.51 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 51 of the chapter Category of the Living and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 2.51 - The celestial beings are not neuter-sex
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 2.51:
न देवाः ॥ २.५१ ॥
na devāḥ || 2.51 ||
The celestial beings (deva) are not neuter-sex (napuṃsaka). (51)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [देवाः] देव [न] नपुंसक नहीं होते, अर्थात् देवों के पुरुषलिंग और देवियों के स्त्रीलिंग होता है।
Anvayartha: [devah] deva [na] napumsaka nahim hote, arthat devom ke purushalimga aura deviyom ke strilimga hota hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The celestial beings (deva) enjoy rare pleasures appertaining to the two sexes, male and female, on account of the rise of auspicious (śubha) name-karma (nāmakarma). Hence, there is no neuter-sex (napuṃsaka) among them.