A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.218

Language: English

c8.218

When *nimitta* refers to happiness, misery, profit, loss, life and death, it is looked upon as six-fold. It seems that Gosāla knew this six-fold *nimitta*; for, in *Viāhapaṇṇatti* (xv; s. 539) it is said that he knew six types of *nimitta*. In Śīlāṅka Sūri's com. (p. 218ᵇ) on *Sūyagaḍa* we come across the following passage:—

Previous: c8.217
Next: c8.219
Up: c8

Cites (2)

Sūyagaḍa — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
Viyāhapannatti — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit