Risht Samucchaya

SR No.: 002800
Original Sutra Author: Durgadevacharya
Author: A S Gopani
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1945
Total Pages: 290
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 16 MB

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INTRODUCTION
classification of the Pratyakşa and Linga Rista, a newly conceived Avakahaďācakka, a singular formula of the Saņicakka, a brief plan of the Āyas-all these features impose an original character on the RS. It has inherited a really distinct tradition of which the RS is the only representative to-day. In matters of inter- 5 pretations it has almost always to differ mostly from non-Jaina works and slightly from the Jaina works.
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6. The RS with special reference to the SRS' and UBPK
I did not attempt a comparision of the RS with the SRS' - and UBPK in sub-section V of section 5 of the Introduction firstly because I wanted to make a special study of the SRS' and so UBPK in light of the text and secondly because I got the passage concerned of the SRS rather late so that I had no choice left to incorporate the passage of the SRS' in the Appendix. Thus I am presenting my comparative studies, so far as these two are concerned, in a special section.
The reason of a special study of both these works lies in the fact that there is a striking similarity between the traditions represented by these two works as also by the YS' on one hand and that contained in the RS on the other. They all are Jaina works and thus they have a common origin for their basic 20 conceptions. The Jaina tradition concerning the science of omens and portents dates back as far as the Drstivāda which is extinct. As I have made clear in the Notes', the Rişțas were referred to in the canonical works only incidentally and for this reason very briefly. The Jaina culture is noted for its 25 assimilative and accommodative characteristics which are clearly reflected in the development by the Jainas of the secula sciences also, unlike the Bauddhas, though their main goal consisted of arfer and nothing else.
Thus the Jainas wrote a good number of works also on 30 medicine, astrology, astronomy, politics, law etc. advancing original theories and interpretations. Thus they were representatives of distinct and original traditions.
Such a distinct tradition regarding omens and portents is also held forth in the Jaina works published and unpublished 35 among which the UBPK, MK, SRS', RS and YS' are chief.
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