Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)

by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626

This page describes the lower world and the middle world which is chapter 3 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.

Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World

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Verse 3.1 - The lower world (adholoka)

Verse 3.2 - Infernal abodes (naraka)

Verse 3.3 - Infernal beings (nārakī)

Verse 3.4 - Distress caused to infernal beings

Verse 3.5 - The incitement of malevolent Asurakumāra

Verse 3.6 - The maximum duration of life in the seven infernal regions

Verse 3.7 - The transverse world (tiryagloka)

Verse 3.8 - The successive extension of continents and oceans

Verse 3.9 - Position, shape and extension of Jambūdvīpa

Verse 3.10 - The seven divisions of Jambūdvīpa

Verse 3.11 - The six mountain chains

Verse 3.12 - The colours of the mountain chains

Verse 3.13 - Further details of the mountain chains

Verse 3.14 - The lakes situated on top of the mountain chains

Verse 3.15 - The size and shape of the first lake

Verse 3.16 - The depth of the first lake

Verse 3.17 - The lotus in the middle of the first lake

Verse 3.18 - The dimensions of the other lakes and lotuses

Verse 3.19 - The nymphs (devī) living in lotuses

Verse 3.20 - The rivers dividing the regions

Verse 3.21 - The direction of the first of each pair of rivers

Verse 3.22 - The direction of the remaining rivers

Verse 3.23 - The tributaries of the rivers

Verse 3.24 - The width of the region Bharata

Verse 3.25 - The width of the remaining regions

Verse 3.26 - The mountains and the regions in the north of Videha

Verse 3.27 - The rise (regeneration) and fall (degeneration)

Verse 3.28 - The nature of the other regions

Verse 3.29 - The duration of life in the other regions

Verse 3.30 - The condition in the regions of the north

Verse 3.31 - The duration of life in the five Videha regions

Verse 3.32 - The extent of Bharata

Verse 3.33 - The regions in Dhātakīkhaṇḍa

Verse 3.34 - The regions and mountains in the nearest half of Puṣkaradvīpa

Verse 3.35 - The the mountain range of Mānuṣottara

Verse 3.36 - Two kinds of human beings

Verse 3.37 - The regions of labour (karmabhūmi)

Verse 3.38 - The maximum and minimum lifetime of the human beings

Verse 3.39 - The lifetimes of subhuman beings

Last Updated: 29 November, 2021

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