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 EXEGETICAL LITERATURE
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seen that a very great number of commentaries has been written on the Agamas. But several have been lost by this time. Out of them the following may be here tentatively mentioned :
(1-3) Nijjuttis on Sūriyapaņņati, Isibhāsiya and Pañcamangalasuyakkhandha, (4-5) Bhāsa and Cunni on the last of these, (6-8) Cunnis on Nisīha, Mahānisīha and Jiyakappa, (9) Pādalipta? Sūri's com. on Joïsakarandaga,3 (10) Gandhahastin Sūri's com. on Āyāra, (11) Jinabhata's com. on Āvassaya, (12-13) Haribhadra Sūri's com. on Avassaya, and one on Pindanijjutti, (14) a com. on Sūyagada,4 (15-23) Silāňka Sūri's commentaries on Angas III-XI,5 (24) Malayagiri Sūri's com. on Jambuddivapannatti,6 (25) Maladhārin Hemacandra Suri's tippanaka? on Nandi, (26) a com. on Ovavāïya, (27) a commentary on Anga V noted by Abhayadeva Suri and (28) a commentary on Jivājīvābhigama (vide p. 35, fn 1).
As already noted, Samskrta commentaries on the Agamas are here spoken of as Tikā. This name is applicable to the Samskrta commentaries to the non-Agamika literature, too. There are other names which are used in both the cases e. g. (1) vrtti, (2) vivrti, (3) vivarana, (4) Vivecana, (5) vyākhyā, (6) vārtika, (7) dīpikā, (8) phakkikā, (9) avacūri, (10) avacūrņi, (11) arthalava, (12) aksarārtha,
1. Quotations from its Nijjutti are given by Devabhadra Suri in his com. on
Sangrahani, a work of his guru Śrīcandra Sūri. See Mr. M. D. Desai's work (p.
254) noted on p. 147. 2. He is the author of Kālajñāna, Praśnaprakāśa, Nirvāņakalikā etc. 3. See (p. 26) of Malayagiri Sūri's com. on it. 4. Ślānka Sūri in his com. (p. 1o) on Sūyagada says: "Tela 46 yuf rue"
Believing that this com is not a Cunni, I take it to be extinct. Abhayadeva Súri in his commentary (p. 659b) on Anga V says : "parar çfa tabletar:
Thai rofar: "Does he here allude to Sīlānka Sūri by the word tīkākāra ? If not, the commentary here referred to should be included in the list of the extinct ones. In Catalogue of Mss. at Jeselmere (p. 19) it is said: "guttefirsmited". If this inference is correct, this name should be dropped. Malayagiri in his commentary
(p. 382) on Jivājīvābhigama mentions Jambūdvīpaprajñaptițīkā. 7. See DCGCM No. 1099. 8. I have excluded from this list Jinabhadra Gani's com. on Visesão since there is a
Ms. of this work in Jesalmere. Vide Catalogue of Mss. at Jesalmere (p. 19).