Agam 18 Upang 07 Jambudveep Pragnapti Sutra

SR No.: 002773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye, Hiralal Jain
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 480
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Mathematics, & agam_jambudwipapragnapti
File Size: 10 MB

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JAMBUDIVAPANNATTI
their capitals which bear different names and have their specific dimensions. On the banks of these rivers, there are twenty Vakṣara-parvatas the peaks of which are decked with the temples of Jina in which gods and Vidyadharas carry on regular worship.
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The Tenth Uddeśa (Lavapa-samudda-vāvanṇapo, in gathās 102) describes the Lavana-samudra which surrounds the Jambudvipa on all the sides. Its dimensions, along with those of the Patalas therein, are duly noted, and the seasonal tides are indicated. There are eight mountains of Velamdhara gods. Then there are the Antardvipas which are inhabited by strangely figured human beings of abnormal habits. Those who lapse in their pious practices and religious standards are reborn among these.
The Eleventh Uddeśa (-bahira-uvasam hāra-dīvasāyara-narayagadidevagadi-siddhakhetta-vanṇano, in gathās 365) describes the oceans and islands and lower and upper worlds. Detailed measurements of the Dhatakikhaṇḍa, of its mountains and of the oceans round about are given. It is due to Punyas and Papas that the beings go to the upper and lower worlds, of which the regions, residents (with their periods of life, heights etc.) etc. are elaborately discussed.
The Twelfth Uddeśa (Joisaloya-vannano, in gāthās 193) describes the Vimanas of the Jyotisa or astral regions, the number of moons for different regions, the periods of life etc. of astral gods.
The Thirteenth Uddeśa (Pramaņa-pariccheda, in gathas 176) enumerates and defines the various units of Time and Space and discusses their currency or use in different walks of life. Then follows an exposition of the means of valid knowledge with a view to establish the validity of omniscience, incidentally shedding light on different forms of knowledge. The glories of an omniscient divinity who is free from a number of physical wants and mental weaknesses are fully elaborated.
This brief resumé of the chapters of JPS gives us a fair idea of the range of its contents. The Prakrit text is not well preserved: if a few more independent Mss. are available for collation, one can be more confident about its authenticity and come nearer the text as it left the hand of the author. Then alone one can explain the inconsistency and irrelevancy seen in some contexts (for instance, the description of the Kalpas in Uddeśa XI). The present text shows also some traditions different from those found in the Sarvärthasiddhi, Harivaṁśa etc. This JPS shows close relation with a number of other texts dealing with kindred topics. Comparing this work with the Jambudiva-pannatti of the Ardhamăgadhi canon, one is struck with some common contents: the canonical text of course is quite encyclopaedic. It is already known that JPS has a number of resemblances with the Tiloyapappatti (See the Hindi Intro. of TP, pp. 168 ff.) from which it has taken a good