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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was composed, the names of 651 (37+28) Païnnagas were noted. But at least since the time of Bhāvaprabha Sūri the number of Païnnagas is fixed as ten.2 In his com. (p. 94) on Jainadharmavarastotra (v. 30) the 10 Painnagas are mentioned as under:
“अथ चउसरण पयन्नु २ ३ आउरपच्चक्खाण ३ भक्तपरिज्ञा ४ तंदुलवियालियं ५ 'चंदाविजय ६ गणविजा ७ मरणसमाहि ८ देवेन्द्रसूत्र ९ संस्तारक १० इति दश प्रकीर्णकाणि । ”
Here through over-sight one Painnga is left out. Probably it is Mahāpaccakkhāṇa.
Though the number of the Painnagas has been fixed as ten at least for the last 200 years there is no uniformity as to which works are to be so looked upon.5 However in Weber's Verzeichniss der Sanskrit und Prakrit-handschriften der Königlischen Bibliothek zu Berlin (vo. II, pt. II), in La Religion Djaïna by Guérinot, in A History of Indian Literature (vol. II, p. 429) and in D C G C M (vol. XVII, pt. 1) the following works are noted as 10 Painnagas :
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(1) Caüsarana, (2) Aurapaccakkhāna, (3) Bhattapariṇṇā, Santharaga, (5) Tandulaveyaliya, (6) Candavijjhaya, (7) Devindatthaya, (8) Gaṇivijjā, (9) Mahāpaccakkhāṇa and (10) Viratthava.7
1. See pp. 27 and 28.
2. See p. 40.
3-4. This is referred to in Bhagavaî-ārāhaṇā as No. 54 and Candayavejjha as No. 66. 5. This is borne out by Jaina Granthāvalī where different sets of 10 Painṇagas are mentioned as under:
(i) चतुःशरण, आतुरप्रत्याख्यान, भक्तपरिज्ञा, संस्तारक, तंदुलवैचारिक, चंद्रवेध्यक, देवेंदस्तव, गणिविद्या, महाप्रत्याख्यान and वीरस्तव pp. 44-46
(ii) अजीवकल्प, गच्छाचार, मरणसमाधि, सिद्धप्राभृत, तीर्थोद्गार, आराधनापताका, द्वीपसागरप्रज्ञप्ति, ज्योतिष्करंडक, अंगविद्या and तिथिप्रकीर्णक PP. 62-64
(iii) पिंडविशुद्धि, सारावलि, पर्यंताराधना, जीवविभक्ति, कवचप्रकरण, योनिप्राभृत, अंगचूलिया, बंगचूलिया, वृद्धचतुःशरण and जंबूपयन्नो- pp. 64-68
On p. 72 all these three sets are given; but through over-sight Pindaniryukti is mentioned there instead of Pindaviśuddhi.
6. In Hemacandra's com. (p. 5a) on Aṇuögaddāra, this work is named as Taṇḍulavicāraṇā. The pertinent line is as under :
"आवश्यकादिषु तण्डुलविचारणादिप्रकीर्णकेष्वपि चैष एव विधिः"
7. The Samskṛta titles of these ten works are as under :
(i) Catuḥsarana, (ii) Aturapratyakhyāna, (iii) Bhaktaparijñā, (iv) Samstāraka, (v) Tandulavaicārika, (vi) Candravedhyaka, (vii) Devendrastava, (viii) Gaṇividyā, (x) Virastava.
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Mahapratyakhyāna
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