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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gacchai". The line expressly mentions the year of its composition, viz. 980 Vira Nirvāņa. This proves that Devardhi was living in that year.43 And according to a different reading referred to by Kalyāṇavijayaji that year is 993 V. N.
Panyāsa Śrī Kalyāṇavijayaji has given in his book three Sthaviravalis: Nandisthaviravali (p. 126), Daśäśrutaskandhasthaviravali (p. 125), and Valabhi sthaviravali (p. 128). After having harmonized all the three sthaviravalis he has arrived at Devardhi's date, viz. 980 V. N. Now Devavācaka being, according to him, identical with Devardhi he will maintain that the date of Devavācaka could not be other than 980 V. N. But if, as shown above, we were to take them as two different persons, then we shall have to consider differently the problem of Devavācaka's date.
Śrī Kalyāṇavijayaji has given the Valabhi sthaviravali after having corrected it. In doing so he has tried to remove the difference of 13 years between the dates occurring in different vacanã. But this will not come in the way of our treatment of Devavācaka's date. Hence accepting this Sthaviravali as an authority we proceed on with the treatment. Of course, we should not think that there is no scope for amendation or correction in this Sthaviravali.
At the end of the Note on the Valabhi sthaviravali, 79 years are allotted to Bhútadinna and 11 years are allotted to Kalaka. The Sthaviravali ends with Kälaka and the period of Kalaka ends with 981 V. N.
According to the tradition noted by Devavācaka, after Bhutadinna the mention is made not of Kalaka but of Lauhitya. Again, after Lauhitya occurs the name of Devavācaka's teacher, Dusagaņi. If we were not to take into account the 11 years allotted to Kalaka in the Välabhi sthaviravali, we might say that the death of Bhutadinna took place in 970 V. N. (i. e. 500 V. S.). Immediately after his death or some years later flourished Lauhitya and after Lauhitya Dūsagaņi. And Devavacaka was a pupil of Dusagani. The period of Bhūtadinna being 79 years long it is quite possible that his pupil Lauhitya and his grand-pupil Dūsagani might have lived a considerable part. of their lives at the feet of Bhutadinna. So, we can place Devavācaka even before 970 V. N. (i.e. 500 V. S.). If this date seems to be somewhat early then we may put him somewhere in the period of 50 years after Bhutadinna; that is, he flourished before 970 + 50=1020 V. N. (i. e. 550 V. S.) or, more specifically, in between 500 V. S. and 550 V. S. But the correctness of this date depends upon the correctness of the years given by Kalyāṇavijayaji in his Note on Valabhi Sthavirāvali.
43. Ibid, p. 118 A. 8