Uvangsuttani Part 05

SR No.: 003555
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 1178
Language: Prakrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, & Canon
File Size: 22 MB

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traceable in Malayagiri's period. He has mentioned the views of his foregoing ācāryas also in his commentary.
NIRAYĀV ALIYO
Nomenclature
This agama is a śrutaskandha- Its oldest name seems to be upānga Jambūsvāmi enquired of Sudharmāsvāmi the meaning of upanga, whereon the latter replied--"Upānga is fivefold-Nirayávalikā, Kalpāvataṁśikā, Puşpikā, Puşpacūlika, Vrşnidaśā.93
The term 'upānga' is here used in plural number. It is a śrutaskandha consisting of five sections. The plural number is probably used on this reason. We do not know about its original anga. The term 'upānga' is not in vogue at present for the text. Upanga stands for the collection of twelve āgamas.
Nandi's list of canons does not mention the term 'upānga', but only "Nirayāvaliyāo' etc. are mentioned as five independent āganas. It may be supposed that the five canons were regarded as a śrutaskundha in later times after the composition of the Nandi, and the śrutaskandha was named as upånga. According to Prof. Winternitz, these five āgamas were earlier known as 'Nirayāvalikä'. They were regarded as separate entities when the contents of angas and upangas were determined.
Nirayávaliyao is also known as kalpikā, as we find this in some manuscripts of Nandi. "The same term has been used in the vrtti of Nandi by Ācārya Haribhadrasūri and Ācārya Malayagiri - It is just possible that the first group of the 'uvangā was named as 'kalpika', but as it related to the karmas leading to hell, it was given the second name Nirāyāva likā. In this way, the two names viz. 'Nirayāvalikā' and 'kalpika' originated. Subject-matter
The main theme of the Nirayāvalikā śrutaskandha is the auspicious and inauspicious conduct and karma and the ir vipāka.
In the first section we find the description of fierce battle between Cetaka 1. Vrtti p. 1, gåtha 5
asya niryuktirabhutpūrvam sribhadrabahusürikrta /
kalidosät sä nesada y văcakse kevalam sitram // 2. Süryaprajñāpti, Vrti p 168 :
tadevam yuthå pūrvåcåryairidameva pūrvasūtramavalambya pürvavisayam vyākhyānam krtam tathå mayà vineyajanānugrahāya s. amat yanusarenopadaršitam // 3. Nirayāvaliyão, 1/4,5 4. History of Indian Literature, II Edn, Vol. II, pp. 457-458 5. Nandi, 78