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
Prakrta and thus followed in the foot-steps of Haribhadra Suri and Vadivetāla Santi Sūri and not in those of Sīlānka Sūri.1
Śricandra Sūri, pupil of Sīlabhadra Sūri has written a com. on Nisīhavisehacunni (XX) in Saṁvat 1174. According to Mr. M. D. Desai, he is not a pupil but a grand-pupil. He takes him to be the author of (i) the com. on Samaņovāsagapaļikkamaņa composed in Samvat 1222, (ii) Nandīdurgapadavyākhyā composed in Saṁvat 1226, (iii) the com. on Jiyakappacunni composed in Samvat 1227, and (iv-viii) the commentaries on Uvangas VIII-XII composed in Samvat 1228.
Yaśodeva Sūri, pupil of Śrīcandra Sūri, pupil of Vira Gani has commented upon Pakkhiyasutta in Samvat 1180.
Śrītilaka Sūri, pupil of Śivaprabha Sūri has written a com. on Avassaya in Samvat 1296.
Ksemakīrti has completed Malayagiri Sūri's com. on Kappa in Samvat 1332.
So far as Païnnagas are concerned, only a few are commented upon. For instance, Bhuvanatunga Sūri2 has commented upon Caüsarana, Āürapaccakkhāna and Santhāraga, Gunaratna upon Bhattapparinnā and Santhāraga? and Vijayavimala upon Tandulaveyaliya and Gacchācāra.4
There are several commentaries on Jambuddivapannatti. Out of them one is composed by Hīravijaya Sūri in Samvat 1639 and another named as Prameyaratnamañjūsā by śānticandra Gani in Samvat 1650.
Over and above these tīkās on the Agamas there are some more. For instance, in Samvat 15725 (?) Jinahamsa has written a com. on Ayāra and in Samvat 1583, Harsakula on Sūyagada. Further there are Laksmīkallola Gani's com. on Ayāra, Dānasekhara Sūri's com. on Viahapannatti, Vinayahamsa's com. on Uttarajjhayaņa etc. Besides these there are some anonymous avacūrnis and avacūris, too. Thus it will be
1. This shows that there is no hard and fast rule that since the time of śiānka, Prakrta
narrations got replaced by Samskrta ones in commentaries, though such a rule is practically laid down by Prof. Leumann in Z. D. M. G. (vol. XLVI, p. 581 ff.) He is a pupil of Mahendra Suri who revised in Saṁvat 1294 his guru
Dharmaghosa Sūri's Śatapadi. 3. A com. on this was composed before Samvat 1484. 4. The com. on it was composed in Samvat 1634. 5. According to Jaina Granthāvali (p. 2) this should be 1582. 6. See D-CGCM (vol. XVII, pts. I-III).