History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

SR No.: 006541
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 322
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & History
File Size: 17 MB

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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
not by the time of Jinadāsa Gani. Angas 7 to 11 are said to have Sankhyeya pada-sahasras (vide Nandī s. 52-56). So it may be that they, too, are not available in toto.
If we examine the extant Panhāvāgarana in the light of the contents of the 10th Anga noted in Nandi (s. 55), we are led to either of the two conclusions : (i) The old 10th Anga is altogether lost, and one similar in name is
substituted for it by some one who flourished prior to Abhayadeva Sūri. (ii) The extant Panhāvāgarana is a fragment of the old one of which
the contents have not been fully noted in Nandi. This finishes a rough survey about the loss pertaining to the Dvādaśāngi of Sudharman.2 As regards the 12 Uvangas, it is doubtful how far the Candapannatti available at present is genuine; for, it almost tallies with Suriyapannatti ad verbatim.3 So if this is not genuine, it must be looked upon as lost.
So far as the 6 Cheyasuttas are concerned, some portion of Mahānisiha must have been lost in the days Haribhadra Suri who tried to restore it, when several leaves of its Ms. got decayed. As stated in
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I do not know if there is any Śvetāmbara source except Senapraśna (p. 55a) which defines pada. In Senapraśna (p. 55a) a pada of an Anga is said to equal 510886840 ślokas + 28 aksaras as stated in the com. on Anuögadāra (Karmagrantha). But in The Sacred Books of the Jainas (vol. II, p. 29), a madhyamapada is said to consist of 16, 34, 83, 07, 888 letters, and on pp. 29-31, are given the specific numbers of these madhyamapadas for one and all the 12 Angas. He outlived the rest of the Ganadharas, and as explained in The Jaina System of Education' (JUB) (pp. 204-205), only his gana continued. So the dvādaśangīs of the other Ganadharas practically came to an end by the time they took up anaśana, and handed over their pupils to him. Cf. the following 26th verse of Siddhāntāgamastava :
"प्रणमामि चन्द्रसूर्यप्रज्ञप्ती यमलजातके नव्ये ।
गुम्फवपुषैव नवरं नातिभिदाऽर्थात्मनाऽपि ययोः ।। २६ ।। “एत्थ य जत्थ जत्थ पएणाणुलग्गं सुत्तालावगं न संपज्जइ । तत्थ तत्थ सुयहरेहिं कुलिहि य दोसो न दायव्वो त्ति । किंतु जो सो एयस्स अचिंतचिंतामणिकप्पभूयस्स महानिसीहसुयक्खंधस्स पुव्वायरिसो आसि तहिं चेव खंडाखंडीए उद्देहियाइएहिं हेऊहिं बहवे पत्तगा परिसडिया तहावि अच्चंतसुहमत्थाइसयं ति । इमं महानिसीहसुयक्खंधं कसिणपवयणस्स परमसारभूयं परं तत्तं महत्थं ति कलिऊणं ।। पवयणवच्छल्लते (ते)णं बहुभव्वसतो(त्ता)वयारियं च काउं तदा य आयहियट्ठियाए आयरियहरिभद्देणं जं तत्थायरिसे दिढे त(तं) सव्वं समतीए साहिऊणं लिहियं ति ॥
अन्नेहिं पि सिद्धसेणदिवायर-वुहवाइ-जक्खसेण-देवगुत्त-जसवद्धणखमासमणसीसरविगुत्त-णे मिचंदजिणदासगणिखमगसव्वरिसि(? सच्चसिरि)पमुहेहिं कु(जु)गप्पहाणसुयहरेहिं बहुमनियमिणं ति"
- DCGC M. (Vol. XVII, Pt. II, pp. 32-33)