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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GENESIS OF THE JAINA SCRIPTURES
17 Over and above that, he is loqked upon as the author of Pajjosavaņākappa, the 8th chapter of Dasāsuyakkhandha and other Cheyasuttas (Chedasūtras.) viz. Vavahāra, Kappa,2 and Nisīhas and that he is said to be the author of Pindanijjutti and Ohanijjutti as well.
The ten Nijjuttis here referred to are versified commentaries in Prākrta on the following 10 works :
(1) Ävassaya, (2) Dasaveyāliya, (3) Uttarajjhayaņa, (4) Ayāra, (5) Sūyagada, (6) Dasāsuyakkhandha, (7) Kappa, (8) Vavahāra, (9) Sūriyapaņņatti and (10) Isibhāsiya.
Out of these ten works we had an occasion to mention (1), (2), (4) and (5) up till now. As regards (3) it appears that it is not a work of one single author, though Prof. Banarasidas in his Ardhamāgadhi Reader (p. 45) attributes its authorship to Bhadrabāhusvāmin. Works (6), (7) and (8) come under the class of works known as Cheyasuttas, and they are said to be the compositions of Bhadrabāhusvāmin. Works (9) and (10) are rather anonymous, and out of them the last is said to be a work consisting of 45 ajjhayanas narrated by 45 Pratyekabuddhas, one by each of them. 1 In all there are, roughly speaking, six Cheyasuttas viz., (1) Nisiha, (2) Mahānisiha,
(3) Vavahāra, (4) Dasāsuyakkhandha, (5) Kappa and (6) Pañcakappa or its
substitute Jiyakappa. 2 Cf. the following verse of Pañcakappabhāsa composed by Sanghadāsa
Ksamāśramana : "वंदामि भद्दबाहुं पाईणं चरिमसयलसुयणाणिं । सुत्तत्थकारगमिसिं दसाण कप्पे य ववहारे ॥" For this verse see Pt. II. pp. 259 and 67 of Descriptive Catalogue of the Govt. Collection of Manuscripts (Vol. XVII) deposited at Bhandarkar 0. Research
Institute, and Peterson, Report IV, p. 100. 3 Vide the following lines occurring in the cunni on Pañcakappabhāsa (folio 1) : "तेण भगवता आयारपकप्प-दसा-कप्प-ववहारा य नवयपुग्वनीसंदभूता निजूढा'
e following lines occurring in Yaśodeva Sūri's com. (p. 67a) on Pakkhiya sutta ::
"इसिभासियाई ति इह ऋषयः प्रत्येकबुद्धसाधवस्ते चात्र नेमिनाथतीर्थवर्तिनो नारदादयो विंशतिः, पार्श्वनाथतीर्थवर्तिनः पञ्चदश, वर्द्धमानस्वामितीर्थवर्तिनो दश ग्राह्याः, तैर्भाषितानि पञ्चचत्वारिंशत्सङ्ख्यान्यध्ययनानि श्रवणाद्यधिकार (भ)वन्ति ऋषिभाषितानि ।"