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 ĀGAMAS
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included in Avassaya at present. If we were to accept the view of the majority that Āvassaya was composed by Indrabhūti on the very day he composed dvādaśāngi, it certainly deserves a place prior to the rest of the Mulasuttas.
Bhadrabāhusvāmin's Nijjutti (v. 4)1 throws light on the authorship of Uttarajjhayana which consists of 36 ajjhayanas. There it is said that some of the ajjhayaņas are taken from Anga, some are propounded by Jina, some by Pratyekabuddhas, and some are discourses (samvādas). Vādivetāla Santi Suri in his com. (p. 5)2 to this work observes that the 2nd ajjhayana is taken from Drstivāda, the 10th is propunded by Lord Mahāvīra, the 8th is the work of Kapila, and the 23rd is a samvāda between Kesin and Indrabhūti. Some even go to the length of saying that all the 36 ajjhayaņas have been revealed-propounded by Lord Māhāvīra when he was about to attain nirvana. This view is challenged and rightly by the late Vijayananda Suri alias Atmaramji Maharaja, with whom I, too, concur. I am at present inclined to believe that Uttarajjhayana of multiple authorship is anterior to Dasaveyaliya. On this basis I may tentatively suggest the following order for the Mülasuttas accroding to their composition :
(1) Avassaya, (2) Uttarajjhyana, (3) Dasaveyāliya, (4) its two Culās, (5) Piņdanijjutti and (6) Ohanijjutti.
innaga ---- This is a term used in Nandi (s. 44 etc.),3 and its Samskrta equivalent Prakirmaka occurs in Trisasti (I, 3, 581)4 etc. Instead 1. “अंगप्पभवा जिणभासिया य पत्तेयबुद्धसंवाया । बंधे मुक्खे य कया छत्तीसं उत्तरज्झयणा ॥४॥" 2. “अङ्गाद्-दृष्टिवादादेः प्रभवः-उत्पत्तिरेषामिति अङ्गप्रभवानि, यथा परिषहाध्ययनं, वक्ष्यति हि -
“कम्मप्पवायपुव्वे सत्तरसे पाहुडंमि जं सुत्तं । सनयं सोदाहरणं तं चेव इहंपि णायव्वं ॥१॥"
जिनभाषितानि यथा द्रुमपुष्पिकाऽध्ययनं, तद्धि समुत्पन्नकेवलेन भगवता महावीरेण प्रणीतं, यद् वक्ष्यति – “तंणिस्साए भगवं सीसाणं देइ अणुसहि'' ति, 'चः' समुच्चये, प्रत्येकबुद्धाश्च संवादश्च प्रत्येकबुद्धसंवादं तस्मादुत्पन्नानीति शेषः, तत्र प्रत्येकबुद्धाः कपिलादयः तेभ्य उत्पन्नानि यथा कापिलाध्ययन, वक्ष्यति हि-'धम्मट्ठया गीय' तत्र हि कपिलेनेति प्रकमः,
तप्रश्नोत्तरवचनरूपस्तत उत्पन्नानि, यथा-केशिगौतमीयं, वक्ष्यति च - "गोतमकेसीयो य संवायसमुट्ठियं तु जम्हे यं' इत्यादि।"
See P. 19, fn. 1 and p. 26 fn. 2. 4. “विस्तृतं बहुधा पूर्वैरङ्गोपाङ्गैः प्रकीर्णकैः । स्याच्छब्दलाञ्छितं ज्ञेयं श्रुतज्ञानमनेकधा ॥५८१॥"