Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
This text has emerged from the material of Pejjadosa pāhuḍa of tenth chapter of jñāna pravāda pūrva.[1] The word 'pejjā' means attachment (Rāga) and dosa means aversion (dveṣa). This text describes these two passions and classifies all the four passions (anger, pride, deceit and greed) and nine quasi-passions (laughter etc.).Thus, it was called as pejjadosa pāhuḍa which later was prominently referred to as Kaṣāyaprābhṛta.[2] Since it describes the different states and levels of passions, it is called as Kaṣāyaprābhṛta. Its sankritized name is Kaṣāyaprābhṛta. It is composed in Prakrit language and in gāthā meter.
In Jayadhavalā commentary of Kaṣāyaprābhṛta, it is mentioned that it has 16000 stanzas. Acharya Guṇadhara composed a concise form of this voluminous text into 180 gāthās (verses).
In total, there are 233 verses. Apart from 180, there are 53 additional verses which make the number 233. Virasena has considered Acharya Guṇadhara as the composer of all these verses. However, in the very beginning of the text he has mentioned about only 180 verses of this text.
It is counted under karaṇānuyoga. The central subject of discussion in this is 'karma'. In this text, Acharya Guṇadhara has discussed about nature, duration, intensity and mass of Mohanīya karma. Introducing the states of karma, he has also discussed Sankramaṇa (transference of karma) in detail.
