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
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This ms. belongs to Khetaravasi Jñanabhaṇḍāra, Patan. This ms. belongs to Sanghavipāḍā Jñanabhaṇḍāra, Patan. Its size is 15" x 2". On the basis of the proper names occurring in the colophon1 at the end of the ms., we can infer that it should have been written in the second half of the thirteenth century of Vikrama Era.
This ms. which is very long (dirgha) belongs to Sanghavīpāḍā Jñāna-bhaṇḍāra, Patan. Its size is 32"x 2". It has been written in 1467 V. S.
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This ms. belongs to Jaina Sahitya Vikās Mandal, Bombay. ,, These three mss. are preserved in Śrī Hemacandrācārya Jaina Jñanamandir, Patan.
This ms. belongs to Idar Jaina Svetambara Sangha Pedhi.
These two mss. are preserved in the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir, Ahmedabad.
This ms. also belongs to the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir, Ahmedabad. It contains Dipika by Jinahaṁsasūri.
• ms. contains the text up to 204th Sutra. We have utilized the text contained in the ms. up to 31st śútra. 1 and fo mss. have been consulted only occasionally. When we got the संदी० ms., the entire text had already been printed. We advise the readers to study 'Visiṣṭaḥ Pratipaṭhāḥ' (Important Readings Yielded by o ms.). Readers are advised to read the text only after correcting it according to the Suddhipatram (Errata) given in this volume.
Acknowledgements: We gratefully remember Late Agamaprabhākara Muniraja Śrī Punyavijayaji who conceived this Scheme of Jaina Agama Series and remained engaged, up to the end of his life, in collecting the material necessary for editing the texts of the Jaina Agamas. This material is in the safe custody of the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir, Ahmedabad. Our thanks are due to Pt. Dalsukhbhai Malvania, Director of the Vidyamandir, for making available to us this material as also the material from other places.
Our sincere thanks are also due to the members of the Managing Board of the Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya for undertaking this scheme involving heavy expenditure. Their devotion to scriptures is exemplary. They have great patience and organizing capacity which are required in carrying out such a stupendous task.
1 Refer to footnote No. 1, pp. 59-60 of Amukham.