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
That there are Angas and Upāngas for the Vedas is corroborated by Nandi (s. 42) and Anuögadāra (s. 41). Besides Hemacandra Sūri, too, in his com. (p.36b) on Aņuögadāra says:
"चत्वारश्च वेदाः सामवेद-ऋग्वेद-यजुर्वेदा-ऽथर्वणवेदलक्षणाः साङ्गोपाङ्गाः; तत्राङ्गानि शिक्षा-कल्पव्याकरण-च्छन्दो-निरुक्त-ज्योतिष्कायनलक्षणानि षट्; उपाङ्गानि तद्व्याख्यानरूपाणि तैः सह वर्तन्ते इति साङ्गोपाङ्गाः।"
Just as the Vaidikas have four. Upāngas, so have the Jainas 12. Prof. W. Schubring in his Worte Mahāvīras (p. 8) says that there were originally only five Upāngas." Up till now I have not come across any source earlier than Suhabohasāmāyārī (Aņutthāņavihi), a work of the 12th century of the Vikrama era which specifies the number of the Uvangas as 12 and which gives their names. It is composed by Sricandra Sūri, pupil of Dhaneśvara Sūri. Therein, on pp. 315-32a we have :
“इयाणिं उवंगा-आयारे उवाइयं उवंगं १ सूयगडे रायपसेणइयं २ ठाणे जीवाभिगमो ३ समवाए पन्नवणा ४ भगवईए सूरपन्नत्ती ५ नायाणं जंबुद्दीवपन्नत्ती ६ उवासगदसाणं चंदपन्नत्ती ७ तिहिं तिहिं आयंबिलेहिं एक्कक्कं उवंगं वच्चइ, नवरं तओ पत्नत्तीओ कालियाओ संघटुं च कीरइ, सेसाण पंचण्हमंगाणं मयंतरेण निरयावलियासुयखंधो उवंगं, तत्थ पंच वग्गा निरयावलियाउ कप्पवडिंसियाउ पुप्फियाउ पुप्फचूलियाउ वण्हीदसाउ''2. 1. See A History of Indian Literature, p. 435, Fn. 3. 2. The late Vijayadāna Sūri (born in Samvat 1924) in his work Vividha-praśnottara
(p. 159) has quoted a portion from some sāmācāri which he says is composed by a prācīna Ācārya. This portion gives us the same information about the association of the Uvangas with the Angas as we have seen in this work. It runs as under : आयारे ओववाइयं १ सूयगडे रायपसेणियं २ ठाणे जीवाभिगमो ३ समवाए पन्नवणा ४ एए उक्कालिया । भगवईए सूरपन्नत्ती ५ नायाधम्मकहाणं जंबुद्दीवपन्नत्ती ६ उवासगदसाणं चंदपन्नत्ती ७ एए कालिया । सव्वे वि अ उद्देससमुद्देसअणुनत्थं आयंबिलतिगेण वच्चंति । अन्नेसिं पुण पन्नवणवज्ज तज्जोगमज्झे आयंबिलतिगपूरणेण तिन्नि वि वच्चन्ति । अंतगडदसाइयाणं पंचन्हमंगाणं निरयावलिसुयक्खंधं उवंगं, तंमि पंच वग्गा १ कप्पिआओ, २ कप्पवडिंसयाओ ३ पुप्फिआओ, ४ पुष्फचूलियाओ एएसु दस दस अज्झयणा वन्हिदसासु बारस एवं दिण ५ सुअक्खंधे दिण २ सव्वे वि दिण ७।"