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________________ INDIAN NARRATIVE LITERATURE : A STUDY 533 the agama : 1. Acaranga, 2. Sutrakstanga, 3. Suryaprajnapti, 4. Uttaradhyayana, 5. Avasyaka, 6. Dasavaikalika, 7. Dasasrutaskandha, 8. Kalpasutra, 9. Vyavahara and 10. Rsibhasita-sutra. Of these ten, the niryuktis on Suryaprajnapti and Rsibhasita-sutra are not extant. Besides the niryuktis mentioned above, there are two more niryuktis-Pinda-niryukti and Ogha-niryukti. They are independent, no doubt, but according to Muni Punyavijayaji, they originally formed part of the Dasavaikalika-niryukti and Avasyaka-niryukti, respectively. These niryuktis sometimes mention proper names or give some catchwords. By themselves they are unintelligible. The observations of Dr. Ghatage regarding the Dasavaikalika-niryukti are more or less true in the case of other niryuktis. "This niryukti contains the usual topics of such a commentary, but in addition it knows a large number of stories, which were closely associated with the verses of the Uttaradhyayana in its own days. The peculiar method in which the details of the stories are summarised by the author of the niryukti leaves no doubt that they (the stories) already existed before him in a fuller form, either in an oral or a written tradition; for, without such traditional information, the verses of the niryukti are quite unintelligible."37 Bhasyas and Mahabhasyas : Sanghadasa-gani Ksamasramana wrote Kalpalaghubhasya and Pancakalpa and Jinabhadragani Ksamasramana wrote Visesavasyakamahabhasya. Five other works of this type are Kalpabrhad-bhasya, Vyavahara-bhasya, Nisithabhasya, Jitakalpa bhasya and Oghaniryukti-mahabhasya. The authors of these works are however unknown. Some of the bhasyas are written keeping in view the original text as there were no niryuktis written on them. Curnis : Curnis on several agama texts are available today, for example, on Acaranga, Sutrakrtanga, Bhagavati, Avasyaka, Dasavaikalika, Uttaradhyayana, etc. On Dasavaikalika we have two curnis, one by sthavira Agastyasimha and another by an unknown author. Some of these curnis are extensive. The names of the authors of all the curnis are not known. Besides Agastyasimha, we have the names of Jinabhadragani Ksamasramana (on Angulapada in Anuyogadvara) and Sivanandi-vacaka (on Jyotiskarandaka) as curnikaras. Like the niryuktis the curnis too are commentaries in Prakrit. Dr. Ghatage's description of the curni on Uttaradhyayana might give a good idea of the nature of a curni as a commentary : "The stories of the curni are brief and in Prakrit prose, giving the main details of each and avoiding all elaboration, told in a very Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 14 MB |