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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and Sreņika, which has been referred to not only in the Bhagavati' and the Āvaśyaka cūrņi”, but in the Buddhist literature too. It is surprising that history does not record this battle.
Battle may be indispensable for self-protection, and the consequent violence may be regarded as inevitable for a householder. Even then none can deny that violence is, for all purposes, but violence and it can never masquerade as nonviolence. In the section under review, this anti-war attitude has come to the forefront, and it is a spiritual edict against the religious justification of holy wars.
The second section contains the description of the salvation of Sreņika's ten grandchildren, who adopted the path of religious austerities. The third section propounds the observance and non-observance of restraint and equanimity. The fourth section contains the description of the ten nuns (disciples) of Pārsvanātha. We find the description of the observance of conduct by the twelve princes of Vrşội dynasty and their birth in 'Survārthasiddhi' in the fifth section.
Thus various interesting and important topics have been propounded in this small-sized upānga, that is, Nirayävalikā śrutaskandha. Author and Date of Composition
No definite information is available about the author and the date of composition of this angabāhya śrutaskandha. It is, however, certain that some elderly monk composed it. It deals with the topics related with Bhagavati, Jñāta, Upāsakadasă, Aupapātika and Rajapraśniya, but this is not a sufficient ground to determine the date of its composition. When the Agamas were analysed, it was found that the earlier agamas contain the names of the later āgamas, so they cannot determine which agamas were composed carlier and which at a later date. Commentaries
A Sanskrit commentary is available on this śrutaskandha. Śricandrasuri wrote its commentary, a very abridged piece of composition, in the Vikram era 1228. A fabbá (stabaka) was composed on it in Gujarati by Muni Dharmasi (Dharmasingh).
Completion of the Assignment The overall credit of its editing goes to Yuväcārya Mahāprajña. The work has come to successful completion due to the single-mindedness with which he applied himself to the task day and night, without which this gigantic task would have been insurmountable Being a yogi basically, he is able to ever maintain concentration of mind. Engaged as he has been in the editing of the āgamas for a 1. Bhagavati, 7/173,210 2. Avašyaka cūrņi, part II, p. 174