Wholesome and unwholesome things

Topics in this session

Headings from the book in reading order. Open a topic for its summary and the knowledge it refers to.

1. Chapter on the wholesome and the unwholesome (hitahita)अथ हिताहिताध्याय:Principlep. 608

   A Sanskrit prose chapter, printed here without a Hindi commentary, that argues from the Jain doctrine of syadvada that no substance is wholesome or unwholesome in every respect. It rejects…

2. The fruit of studying the bookग्रंथ अध्ययन फलOtherp. 621

   A verse says that whoever truly knows this Kalyanakaraka spoken by the Jina, which always brings prosperity, is praised by all people, has his feet worshipped by all the kings of the earth,…

3. Historical context of the discourse against meatNarrativep. 621

   A verse and a prose note record that Ugradityacharya proclaimed this section, which refutes meat in the texts of meat-eating physicians, in the assembly of the renowned Maharajadhiraja Shri…

4. Hindi rendering of the chapter on the wholesome and the unwholesomePrinciplep. 623

   A Hindi free translation of the Sanskrit hitahita discourse. It argues from syadvada that no substance is wholesome or unwholesome in every respect and that substance, taste, potency and…

5. The fruit of studying Ayurvedaआयुर्वेदाध्ययनफलPrinciplep. 637

   The translation says that the wise muni who studies this science of health and grasps its secret secures health, the cause of the bliss of liberation, while one who does not study it, his…