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THE EXTANT ĀGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
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list of wedding presents we have to take passage mutatis mutandis from the Bhagavaï (XI, II; s. 430); then, after two short paras taken from this 8 and 5th Angas respectively, the material upto the taking of the vows is to be supplied from the 6th Anga; and thereafter this 8th Anga gives a little bit of information which gets completed on our referring to the 5th Anga.
The 1st 5 vaggas supply us with some information about the city of Bārāvai (Sk Dvārāvati), Vasudeva, Devakil and her 8 sons, Kanha (Sk. Krsna) being the 7th and the destruction of Bārāvai.
In the 26th vagga we have the story of Muggarapāni and that of Prince Aïmutta3. The latter is a riddle story, its seed, so to say, being implanted in the following riddle :
" eta Hunfo tra T WITH I via Twift å ta '! This vagga furnishes us with a story of Arjuna (mālākāra, a gardener). It represents a type of romantic stories of Vuddhakahā which were in vogue in those days.
The 7th vagga mentions the names of the 13 queens of Seniya and the 8th, Spenances such as Rayanāvalī, Kanagāvalī, Sīhanikkīliya (small and big), Savvaöbhadda (small and big) and Muttāvali.
AŅUTTAROVAVĀÏYADASĀ
This 9th Anga is divided into 3 vaggas each of which is further subdivided into 10, 13 and 10 ajjhayanas respectively. It deals with the lives of persons who after their death, were born as gods in Anuttaravimāna? and who will therefrom descend to this world, will 1 At the sight of her 1st 6 sons she experiences a similar condition as done by
Devānandā and described in the 5th Anga. See p. 137, fn. 1. 2 This vagga is important for it sheds a good deal of light on the development of a
short story in India. 3 For a portion of his life see the 5th Anga (V, 3; s. 187). 4 Cf.- idea
: 13 faşid fasthai faşayfa GIFT II" - Kenopanisad (II) 5 For diagrams of various penances see my edition (Vol. II, pp. 202-205) o
Tattavārthasūtra (IX, 6). 6 For their names see pp. 113-114 7 Cf. "E cht dat
d it a 31Trifachgynt:'
-Siddhasena Gani's com. (p. 91) on Tattvärtha (1, 20%
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| SR No. | 006541 |
| Book Title | History of Canonical Literature of Jainas |
| 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 |