[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The Śvetāmbara canon (Siddhānta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta) › [The twelve Aṅgas ("limbs")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga) › [Viyahapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5) › 7.2.344 # Viyahapannatti 7.2.344 Viyāhapannatti 7.2.344 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [7.2.344](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.2.344) jīvā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ sāsayā? asāsayā? goyamā! jīvā siya sāsayā, siya asāsayā| se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–jīvā siya sāsayā? siya asāsayā? goyamā! davvaṭṭhayāe sāsayā, bhāvaṭṭhayāe asāsayā| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–jīvā siya sāsayā, siya asāsayā| neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ sāsayā? asāsayā? evaṃ jahā jīvā tahā neraiyā vi| evaṃ jāva vemāṇiyā siya sāsayā, siya asāsayā| sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti| > "Venerable Sir, are jīvas eternal or non-eternal?" > "Gautama, jīvas are in a sense eternal, and in a sense non-eternal." > "In what sense, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'jīvas are in a sense eternal, and in a sense non-eternal'?" > "Gautama, from the standpoint of substance they are eternal, and from the standpoint of state they are non-eternal. In that sense, Gautama, it is said: 'jīvas are in a sense eternal, and in a sense non-eternal.'" > "Venerable Sir, are inhabitants of hell eternal or non-eternal?" > "Just as \[general\] jīvas, so also inhabitants of hell. In this way up to Vaimānikas, they are in a sense eternal, and in a sense non-eternal." > "That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.2.343](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.2.343) - [Next: 7.3.345](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.3.345) - [Up: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.2) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.7.2.344) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.7.2.344) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.7.2.344) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.495) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p322) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.2.344](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.2.344) · Pramāṇa