History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

SR No.: 001741
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 266
Language: English, Sanskrit, Prakrit
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & Literature
File Size: 18 MB

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A HISTORY OF THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
The Pāhudas In Kammavivāga (v. 7) we find twenty varieties of suyanāna referred to. Out of them Pāhudapāhuda, Pāhuda and Vatthu and each with the word 'samāsa' added to it deserve to be here noted. Devendra Sūri in his com. (p. 19) on Kammavivāga (v. 7) explains them as under :
"प्राभृतान्तवर्ती अधिकारविशेषः प्राभृतप्राभृतम् १३ । तद्ह्यादिसमुदावस्तु प्राभृतप्राभृतसमास: १४ । वस्त्वन्तर्वर्ती अधिकारविशेषः प्राभृतम् १६ । तद्ह्यादिसंयोगस्तु प्राभृतसमासः १६ । पूर्वान्तर्वर्ती अधिकारविशेषो वस्तु १७ । तद्ह्यादिसंयोगस्तु वस्तुसमासः १८ ।"
Siddhasena Gaņi's com. (p. 94) on Tattvārtha (1, 20) also throws light on this topic. There it is said : “ataifa ya taifise4:, afya: heyri, ard प्राभूतप्राभूतमल्पतरं, ततोऽध्ययनं ग्रन्थतोऽल्पतरं तत उद्देशकोऽल्पतर इति ।"
From this it follows that Vatthu (Sk. Vastu) is a section of a Puvva, d Pahuda (Sk. Prābhrta) is a sub-section of this section. This Pāhuda has sections each known as Pāhudapāhuda. Vatthu is bigger than Pāhuda and Pāhuda is bigger than Pahudapāhuda.
The Digambaras believe that Kundakunda Ācārya has composed 84 Pahudas out of which 8 are available at present; but, herein I am not dealing with any one of them; for, I am here concerned with the Svetāmbara literature on this point, and, moreover, these 8 extant Pāhudas do not form a part of the canonical literature. I may say that in this literature, nowhere a list of all the Pāhudas? is given; but we can surely collect the stray references which give us the names of the following Pāhudas :
(1) Āyārapāhuda, (2) Kappapāhuda, (3) Kammapayadipāhuda, (4) Jayapāhuda, (5) Jonipāhuda, (6) Dukkhmāpāhuda, (7) Nādayavihipāhuda, (8) Nimittapāhuda, (9) Païtthāpāhuda, (10) Vijjāpāhuda, (11) Vinnānapāhuda, (12) Saddapāhuda, (13) Sarapāhuda and (14) Siddhapāhuda.
Out of these, Āyarapāhuda (Ācāraprābhrta) is mentioned by
1. It may be noted that this Pāhuda has nothing to do with the 20 pāhudas of
Sūriyapannatti and 21 pāhudas of Joisakarandaga 2. There seems to be no such work which mentions either the number or the names of
the Pāhudas of each Vatthu. From p. 82, fn. 7, we learn that the 3rd Vatthu of the 9th Puvva has at least 20 Pāhudas, and that the name of this 20th is Āyära. From p. 82. fn.1, we learn that the 8th Puvva has at least 17 Pāhudas, and from p. 85, fn. 2, we see that the 5th Vatthu of the 2nd Puvva has 20 Pāhudas, and its 4th Pähuda is named
as Kammapayadi. 3. This is mentioned in the intro. (p. 6) to Nirvānakalikā.