Uvangsuttani Part 04 - Ovayiam Raipaseniyam Jivajivabhigame

SR No.: 003554
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 854
Language: Prakrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, & Canon
File Size: 17 MB

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Praśnavyākarapa
- Puspika Vipāka śruta
- Puşpaculika Drștivāda
-Vịşņidaśal
1. Oviyam Nomenclature
The present agama is called Ovāiyam (Aupapātikā). Its main theme is upapāta. Samavasaraņa is its incidental treatment. On the basis of the main theme treated herein, it is known as Ovãiyam (Skt. Aupapāt ika). On deleting letters "va” as per the Prakrit Grammar Rule, we get ovāiyam form in place of ovaväiyam. We come across the same name in the Nandisūtra.? Subject Matter
The main theme enunciated in the Aupapātika is 'rebirth', that so and so upapāta (instantaneous rebirth) takes place because of such and such conduct.
The exordium consists of many types of descriptions of town, monastery, garden, king etc. The present sūtra has come to be known as a Varņaka (describer) sūtra because of these descriptions and has been used in various epilogues for this reason. Commentaries
The first commentary of the Aupapātika is the vstti by Abhayadeva Sūri, the commentator of the nine ägomas. The introductory verse shows that Abhayadeva Sūri had got no other earlier vrtti in front of him. He composed this vrtti with the help of other texts. He himself mentions :
Śrīvarddhamānamānamya prāyo'nyagranthavīkşitā /
aupapātikaśāstrasya vyākhyā kācidvidhiyate // The commentator has mentioned the views of the foregoing åcāryas at - several places.
1. snānādvă pāņdurībhūtagātrā iti vsddhāh/(Vștti p. 171) 2. cūrnikārastvāha/(Vịtti p. 224) 3. asya ca víddhoktasyādhikstagāthāvivaraṇasyärtham bhāvārthah/
(Vrtti p. 225) This commentary is neither too elaborate nor too abridged. Its medium size contains most of the points worth discussing.
The Ovāiyam contains numerous variant readings. Abhayadeva has described the first sūtra thus-"This sūtra is abundant in variant readings. I shall deal with only what is intelligible." Most probably such variant readings do
1. Jambūdvipaprajñapti, Sánticandriya Vsti, patra 1, 2. 2. Nandisutra, 76. 3, Aupapātika, viti, page 2:
jha ca bahavo vācapābhedā drśyante, teșu ca yamevāvabhotsyāmahe tameva vyākhyāsyāmah.