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
are free from sectarian spirit and are useful to persons of any and every school of thought. Such is the opinion expressed by Mr. D. B. Kalelkar in Gujarātī in his foreword to the Gujarāti translation of this work.
This Arga (I, 1; s. 17), too, supplies us with names of some of the anārya tribes. Furthermore it mentions 16 jewels2 (1; s. 16) and 72 kalās (I; s. 18), and refers to 18 Deśī languages (I; s. 22), 4 Vedas and Şastitantra, 16 diseases3 (XIII; s. 100) etc. In IX; s. 90 we come across a pretended elegy of Rayanadīvadevayā. In passing it may be noted that in this Anga, there are used reduplicatives e. g. (3) (5)F4 (IX ; s. 80), dada (IX ; s. 80), enda (IX ; s. 81), FARAHATU (1 ; s. 27) etc.
While concluding this topic I may mention that in this Anga we come across some graphic descriptions e. g. those of the bedchamber of Dhārani (I; s. 9), a voyage (VIII; s. 69), a Piśāca (VIII; s. 69), a ship-wreck (IX; s. 80), a serpent (IX) etc. Moveover, the six seasons are described in 6 verses, one for each of them (vide IX; s. 81).
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This has been published in the Puñjābhāi Jaina Granthamālā No. 3, 1931. The pertinent lines are :
"रयणाणं १ वइराणं २ वेरुलियाणं ३ लोहियकखाणं ४ मसारगल्लाणं ५ हंसगम्भाणं ६ पुलगाणं ७ सोगंधियाणं ८ जोइरसाणं ९ अंकाणं १० अंजणाणं ११ रयणा(? या)णं १२ जायरूवाणं १३ अंजणपुलगाणं १४ फलिहाणं १५ रिट्ठाणं १६ अहाबायरे पोग्गले परिसाडेइ."
This same passage occurs almost ad verbatim in Rāyapa senaijja (s. 8). By thu is here meant 4.
Ten gems are noted in Kummāputtacariya in the following verse : "Ampera-CESTOT-4 1-1744-5-4ACTITI
जलकन्त-सूरकन्तय-मसारगल्ल-ऽङ्क-फलिहाणं ।।७४।।
In Arthadīpikā (p. 1594) 60 kinds of jewels are mentioned. See pp. 123 and 145. This is perhaps the earliest to be met with, in the Jaina literature. It may be noted in this connection that an interesting article entitled Reduplicatives in Indo-Aryan and written by Dr. S. M. Katre has been published in "Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute" (vol. I, no. 1, pp. 60-70), and a list of onometopoetic words occurring in Puspadanta's Nāyakumaracariya (an Apabhramsa work of the 10th century) is given in its edition by Prof. Hirālāl Jain on p: lvii.
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