Tithidin ane Parvaradhan tatha Arhattithibhaskar

SR No.: 005673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Pravachan Pracharak Trust
Publisher: Jain Pravachan Pracharak Trust
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 552
Language: Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Gujarati
File Size: 15 MB

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[ જૈન દૃષ્ટિએ તિથિનિ અને પૌરાધન... the ksaya and vrddhi of tithis coming within this period, and should not disturb the date of Samvatsari on that account.
(viii) The so-called flaws such as mixing of parva and aparva days or of mixing of Aradhanas are nowhere mentioned as flaws, nor is there any prayaschitta prescribed for such defects. On the contrary, works like Hiraprasna make specific recommendations as to how the fasts etc. are to be observed in such cases.
Before concluding, I must record a word or two about the personalities that constitute parties in the present dispute. Acharya Sagarananda Suri is a highly learned monk, well-versed in the Sacred Literature of the Jains, held in great reverence by thousands, and has done unparalleled service to Jainism by editing and perpetuating the Sacred Texts. He rightly and justly holds the title "Agamoddharaka", Saviour of Sacred Texts. His part in the present dispute seems to have been directed to revive the practices as recorded in the Sacred Texts regarding the Panchanga. On his own admission however, it is no longer possible to prepare a Panchanga solely on the data available in the Agamas, as complete data is not now to be found there. I think it is on account of this defective data that the Jain Tippana lost currency, giving its place to a popular Panchanga current among other communities of the country. Today the Jains have adopted the Chandamshuchandu Panchanga of Jodhpur. Acharya Sagarananda Suri's idea to take the Jain community back to the old days of Jain Tippana fails to achieve its object as the authorities on which he wanted to rely are themselves defective.
Acharya Vijaya Ramachandra Suri is an equally great personality in Jain religious life. A monk of great erudition and sacrifice, he is very practical, and his arguments to support his case are marked with remarkable precision and foresight. His ideal is that the popularly accepted calender should not be disturbed for some imaginary principles, that it should be used for religious as well as secular purposes, especially when the old Jain Tippana lost currency for centuries. He rightly maintains the view that Umasvati's Rule was applicable to all tithis, holy or otherwise. He succeeds in his objective, because he interprets Umasvati's Rule according to the accepted canons of interpretation, without borrowing words and requiring no change in the scheme of tithis in the Panchanga universally accepted. I am sure that barring some such points of difference of opinion, Acharya Vijaya Ramachandra Suri has high regard for the scholarship and noble work which Acharya Sagarananda Suri has done for the cause of Jainism.
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Poona, 3rd June, 1943.
P. L. VAIDYA
Arbitrator.