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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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS
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From this we get the names of the 12 Uvangas. They are also suggested in the following verse (p. 346) of this very work :
“उ० रा. जी. पनवणा सू० जं० चं० नि० क० क० पु० पु० वह्रिदसनामा । 31TRISOMT tra 3tryoote lil
Viyārasāra (also called Viyāralesa) of Pradyumna Sūri, too, furnishes us with the Prāksta names of the 12 Uvangas. The pertinent verses are as under:
"ओवइ रायपसेणीय जीवाभिगमो तहेव पनवणा। चंदस्स य सूरस्स य जंबुद्दीवस्स पन्नत्ती ॥३४७।। निरयावलिया कप्पिय पुप्फिय तह पुप्फचूलिओवंगं ।
a forgat GATTTTTTT À HUT 113XCII" From this we learn that at least in the time of this Pradyumna Sūri who flourished in the 14th century of the Vikrama era, a difference of opinion had arisen as to which work was to be considered as the 12th Uvanga. Further, in this connection it may be added that Pradyumna Sūri differs from Śricandra Sūri and Jinaprabha Sūri as well; for, he mentions Candapannatti as the 5th Uvanga, whereas the other two Sūris mention Surapannatti as the 5th Uvanga, and similar is the case with the 6th and the 7th Uvangas. Yaśodeva Sūri strikes altogether a different note; for, in his com. (p. 63b) on Pakkhiyasutta, he says that Prajñāpanā and Mahāprajñāpanā are two Upāngas for Samavāya.2 This is rather strange; for I have not come across any authority who mentions more than one Uvanga for any one of the Angas. Usually we find references
1. Practically this very verse with a slight difference is found in Vidhiprapa of
Jinaprabha Súri. None of these verses, however, gives us the complete titles of all the 12 Uvangas. At best we know therefrom only two titles viz. Pannavaņā and Vanhidasa in full, and the rest are indicated by their initial letters. Jinaprabha Sūri's Siddhāntāgamastava (v. 21-31) supplies us with the Saṁskṛta names of these 12 Uvangas as under: (1) Upapātika, (2) Răjaprasniya, (3) Jivābhigamādhyayana, (4) Prajñāpana, (5) Jambūdvīpaprajñapti, (6) Candraprajñapti, (7) Süryaprajñapti, (8) Nirayāvalikā,
(9) Kalpavataṁsikā, (10) Puspikā, (11) Puspacūlikā and (12) Vrsnidaśā. 2. "7901 quuraut fa' stalchi F ŞIFT I ETT HELYSIUSTI a 4atuse sfa "