Vinay Sutra And Auto Comentary On Same

SR No.: 002451
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P V Bapat, V V Gokhale
Publisher: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute
Total Pages: 134
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 13 MB

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PREFACE
The photographic prints of Vinaya-sūtra with its commentary by Guņaprabha himself were lying with K.P. Jaya. swal Research Institute, Patna, for several years. There was a small photographic copy of Vinaya-sūtra itself written in Sanskrit language but Tibetan script and a separate text of Guraprabha's Sanskrit commentary, mostly fragmentary, written in ancient Indian script. Photographic script of the text being too small, it would have been difficult to decipher it without the help of Rāhul's text of Vinaya-sútra, printed but not yet published. The text of the Vinaya-Vịtti by Guņaprabha extended over several pages.
· The portion on which our text here is based consists of the following parts according to Rahul's un-published edition. The introductory fragmentary part consists of the passages, with some missing pages, extending over pages 1-17, ending with Sūtra 168 of Rāhula Sänkstyâyana's Vibhanga portion of adattādāna of Vinaya-Satra-Vğiti. The next portion is a very big portion of Sûtras 576-1226 covering Naiḥsargika and Prayaścittika, with the portion of the Sūtra and comment on Sūtras 1003-1014 missing. Next portion contains Sūtras 1495-1530 covering some portion of Prāyaściţtika and a part of Sa-prānaka-jala-sambaddha-K sudrakadhigata. The last portion contains only Sūtras 2320-2332 and includes only Bhikṣuņi. Vibhanga-Prayascittika-Sūtras 20-25. In all, the text of the Vịtti extends over 225 pages of the manuscript.
As the text was big, it was contemplated that Dr. Raghunath Pandey, Dr. V. V. Gokhale, and Dr. P. V Bapat should be entrusted with the editing of the work. Dr. Raghunath Pandey gave a tentative edition of a portion of about one third of the first chapter reaching only upto Sutra 148 of our edition in Vinaya-Sūtra, in the Sanskst Vibhagaki Sodhapatrika of Aligarh Muslim University,1970-71,