Nandisutt and Anuogaddaraim

SR No.: 001062
Original Sutra Author: Devvachak, Aryarakshit
Author: Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 764
Language: Prakrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, agam_nandisutra, & agam_anuyogdwar
File Size: 14 MB

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The discussion on the topic of matijñana is found in the beginning of the Avasyakaniryukti. In this discussion we do not come across the division of jñāna into śrutaniḥsṛta and aśrutaniḥsṛta. This suggests that the Jaina tradition of classifying the abhinibodhika jñana into the abovementioned two classes has come into existence only after the composition of the Avasyakaniryukti. Though these two classes are referred to in the Sthänänga (sutra 71), the description of the two found in the Sthänänga differs from the same found in the Nandisutra. So, we should conclude that it is Devavācaka who clearly accepted these two classes and it is he who first systematized this classification of abhinibodhika jñāna.40
Of course, in the exposition of Abhinibodhika jñana contained in the Avaśyakaniryukti the topic of śrutaniḥsṛta and aśrutaniḥsṛta does not occur. But in the Siddhapadaniryukti (a part of the Namaskaraniryukti) the eleven types of Siddhas, viz. karmasiddha etc., are enumerated (Avaśyakaniryukti, gāthā 921). The ninth type of the Siddha mentioned here is called abhipraya-siddha. The term 'abhipraya' is here employed in the sense of buddhi (intellect); the Niryukti clearly states, 'abhippão buddhipajjão' (Avaśyakaniryukti, gāthā 930). After this the definition of the abhiprāyasiddha or buddhisiddha is given. It is as follows:
viulă vimala suhuma jassa mai jo cauvvihāe vā buddhie sampanno sa buddhisiddho imã sã ya ||
Avaśyakaniryukti, gāthā 931
'The person whose intellect is vast, pure and sharp is called buddhisiddha. Or, the person who is endowed with four types of intellect is called buddhisiddha. And they are as follows.' After having stated this the Avaśyakaniryukti enumerates the four types of intellect, viz. autpattiki etc., and explains all the four with illustrations. The gathās that occur in the Avaśyakaniryukti (932-945) at this juncture and the order in which they occur are the same as are found in the Nandisutra (58-71). From this it becomes evident that the author of the Nandisutra accepts in toto the description of these four types of intellect found in the Avaśyakaniryukti. He does not stop at that but tries to fit this description in the exposition of matijñāna. While doing so he might have experienced some difficulty. To remove it he kept the traditional exposition of matijñāna as it was but introduced the new classification of matijñana into śrutaniḥsṛta and aśrutaniḥsṛta and then brought all the four types of intellect under the head aśrutaniḥsrṛta matijñāna.
The gist-verses (72-77) that are given there after having concluded the discussion on Abhinibodhika-jñāna are the same as are
40. For details one may refer to D. D. Malvania's Introduction to the Nyāyāvatäravārtika-vrtti, p. 59ff