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
cefazi i wilfurgresif , FET Fharrarefigur 37691 Uhr 1"- Jainayuga (1, 3, p. 90).
In the Visehacunni of Nistha (XVIII, 469) we have :
"णिसीहमादियस्स च्छेदसुत्तस्स जो अत्थो आगतो सुत्तं वा मोक्कलामि वा पच्छित्तविहाणाणि मंताणि वा जोणिपाहुडं वा गाहंतो अण्णत्थ गाहेति."
In Hemacandra's com. (p. 750) on Višeśão (v. 1775) it is said :
"योनिविधाने च योनिप्राभृते विसदृशानेकद्रव्यसंयोगयोनयः सर्पसिंहादिप्राणिनो मणयो हेमादयश्च पदार्था नानारूपाः समुपलभ्यन्ते ।"
In Prabhāvakacaritra (Padaliptaprabandha, v. 115-127) we come across a narrative where it is said that Rudradeva Sūri was teaching Yoniprābhrta to his
upil when there came the portion dealing with the method of generating fish. A fisherman who was staying beside this place heard this conversation and carried on his profession accordingly. The Ācārya, later on, came to know about this and dissuaded the fisherman from generating fish. In this very narrative (v. 128) we come across a line where it is said that lions were generated.
A photo-copy as well as the original Ms. of a work known as Jonipāhuda can be had at the Bhandarkar O. R. Institute; but as this work is in a fragmentary condition and even several folios are not properly arranged, it is difficult to make out a head or tail out of it. Even then some lines are given by me in D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, Pt. I, pp. 383-384). From this we learn that this work is composed by Panhapravana Muni, and it is copied in Samvat 1582. In another place, we notice the name Praśnaśravana mahāmuni. Some take this work to be the same as Jonipāhuda, but I have grave doubts about it. See my 'Preface' (p. xxiv) to D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. III). In the introduction (p. 6) to Nirvanakalikā it is said : 'Dharmasena composed the Yoni-Prābhrita about 135 A.D.'
Dukkhamāpāhuda and Nadayavihipähuda - It seems that we have no description available of any one of these Pāhudas. All the same, it may be inferred that the latter must be dealing with dramas and their staging.
Nimittapāhuda - This is defined in Kahāvali as under :"जत्थ उण केवलियाजोइससयणाइनिमित्तं सुत्तिज्जइ तं निमित्तपाहुडं।"
From this it follows that it deals with nimittas including astrology, (jyotis) and the science of dreams. It may be noted that nimitta includes jyotis; if not, it would have been separately mentioned in Nistha etc., where the Jaina clergies are forbidden to get alms by yogacūrna vidyā and nimittaprayoga.