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declares that Prajñāpanā is a stream-of-knowledge flowing from Drsţivada26. The gathā in point is as follows:
ajjhayanamiņam cittam suyarayanam di$thivāyaṇisamdam | jaha vanniyam bhagavaya ahamavi taha vannaissāmi 13 ||
It is certain that Ārya Syāmācārya has established its direct connection with Drstivāda. But Drștivāda is lost to us. So, we have no other alternative but to guess a particular prakaraņa (of Drstivāda) to which Prajñāpanā is related. And according to this guess it is possible to relate the subject-matter of Prajñāpanā with the following Pūrvas out of the fourteen Pūrvas of Drstivāda: Jñanapravāda, Ātmapravāda and Karma-praväda.
But Dhavalā, a commentary on Satkhandāgama, has established a connection of Satkhandagama with Agräyani Pūrva:27 Considering this fact and also the fact that the subject-matter of Prajñāpanā is similar to that of Satkhandagama it is quite possible that even Prajñāpanā might have its connection with Āgrāyani Pūrva also.
According to Ac. Malayagiri Prajñāpanā is an Upānga of Samavāya Anga because the former describes the same things which the latter deals with. But the author himself has not suggested anything like this. On the contrary, he in so many words declares that it has its connection with Drstivāda. And this is proper for the following reason. Drsțivada was mainly devoted to the treatment of dřstis-philosophical doctrines. Hence it is quite appropriate if Prajñāpanā which systematically describes the entities recognised by the Jaina philosophy has its relation with Drstivāda.
And there is no incongruity in considering Prajñāpanā to be the Upānga of Samavāya Anga, following Ac. Malayagiri's view which is based on well established tradition because Samavāya Anga too is devoted to the description of entities like jiva, ajīva, etc.
Style and Structure of Prajñāpanā Prajñāpanā opens with a mangala (benediction) of the form of a stuti (devotional adoration). Thereafter comes the author's declaration to compose the present work. This is followed by some gāthas that indicate the subject-matter of the work. Therein thirtysix subjects are pointed out. Accordingly the text of the present work is divided into thirty six chapters and a general name 'Pada' is given to each and every chapter. This is clear
26. When the state of affairs is like this, it becomes necessary for us to
ponder over the suggestion, made in Satkhandāgama (Introduction to Book I, p. 71), that in the śvetāmbara tradition the twelfth Anga Drsti
vāda was absolutely non-existent. 27. Satkhandāgama, Book I, Introduction p. 72.
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| SR No. | 001064 |
| Book Title | Agam 15 Upang 04 Pragnapana Sutra Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | Shyamacharya |
| Author | Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak |
| Publisher | Mahavir Jain Vidyalay |
| Publication Year | 1971 |
| Total Pages | 934 |
| Language | Prakrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Metaphysics, & agam_pragyapana |
| File Size | 16 MB |