Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharanga Sutra

SR No.: 001148
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jambuvijay
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 516
Language: Prakrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_acharang
File Size: 9 MB

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FOREWORD
numerals at these concerned places are mentioned in the second Appendix. The fifth Appendix is devoted to the comparison of some sentences or passages of the Acarängasūtra with the similar ones found in the Vedic and the Buddhist works. The explanations of the titles of different chapters are given in this Appendix. Moreover, corrections are also given in this Appendix.
Commentaries: Among the available commentaries of the Ācārāngasūtra, the Niryukti composed by Rev. Bhadrabāhusvāmī, a knower of fourteen Pūrvas, is the oldest. The next, in the chronological order, comes the Sastraparijñā (-prathamadhyayana-) vivarana written by Gandhahasti. But it is not extant. The Acrängacūrni is composed after this vivarana. The Cürni explains both the Sutra and the Niryukti. A good amount of historical material is found in it. It quotes the words of Buddhist Nāgārjuna and Dinnāga. A verse from the Sankhyakārika of Iśvarakrsna is also quoted in it. Again it contains references to Yāpanīyas. In chronological order after the Cürni, comes the extensive commentary by Silācārya. It is available. Mainly depending on this commentary many acăryas later on composed several concise commentaries which are also available.
Sīlācārya is well-known by the name of Sīlāngācārya. At the end of the palm-leaf ms. sfero there occurs the following sentence written in the year 1467 V.S.: 'ācāryaśrīsīlāngaviracit āyām ācārațīk āyām dvitiyaśrutaskandhaḥ parisamāptah'.
According to the older ms. available in Cambay, Silācārya composed his commentary in Saka Samvat 784. Other mss. mention that it was composed on the fifth day of the bright half of Vaisakha in the saka Samvat 798. Some other mss. contain at the end of the first Śruta-skandha the statement "772 guptavarse prathamaśrutaskandhavrttiḥ viracitā' and at the end of the second śruta-skandha the statement 6798 sakavarse dvitiyaśrutaskandhavrttir viracitā'. For details one may refer to the Introduction to the Strīnirvana-kevalibhuktiprakarana.
Manuscripts : In the preparation of the critical edition of the Acärängasūtra we have utliised six palm-leaf mss. and eight paper mss. They are represented by the signs o, o, o, o, o, eto, go,
o, 292, 23, go, 19 and fo. The first six are palm-leaf mss. and the rest are paper mss.
This ms. belongs to Sri śāntinātha Jaina Jñāna-Bhandara, Cambay. It bears No. 1. This ms. also belongs to the same Bhandara. It bears No. 3. This ms. is preserved in the Jinabhadrasūri Jaina Jñanabhandāra, Jesalmer. It bears No. 1.
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