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
account the rules and regulations governing the life of a Jaina clergy; dharmakathānuyoga1 deals with religious stories, parables and the like; gaṇitānuyoga of which kāla2 is a synonym, is associated with mathematics; and dravyānuyoga3 deals with philosophy - metaphysics, logic etc.4
Scriptures are said to be of four types in the Bhāsa (v. 11) on Ohanijjuti. They are :
(I) Small in letters but great in meaning. (II) Profuse in letters but small in meaning. (III) Profuse in both letters and meaning.
(IV) Small in both letters and meaning.
In this Bhāsa (v. 12) one example of each of these types is given as under :
(१) ओहसामायारी, (२) नायज्झयण, (३) दिट्ठिवाअ (४) कप्पास
The Agamas can be also classified according to the number of their titles; for, there are at least some Agamas which have more than one title. For instance, out of the 12 Angas, the 1st has ten: Āyāra, Ācāla, Āgāla, Āgara, Āsāsa, Āyarisa, Anga, Āïņņa, Ājāï and Amokha;5 and Veä (Sk. Veda); the 2nd has 3 Sūtagada, Suttakaḍa and Suyagaḍa;' the Bhagavatī, Viāhapaṇṇatti,
5th 5 :
Bhagavatīviyāhapaṇṇatti,
1.
For this we have in Prākṛta dhammakahāṇuöga and dhammāṇuöga. 2. See p. 56, fn. 2.
3.
In Prākṛta we have for this, davvāņuöga and daviyāņuöga, too.
4. The Digambaras, too, divide their works according to 1 to 4 anuyogas. Their names differ. For details see. pp. 61-62.
5-6. See the following verses of Ayāranijjutti :
"आयारो आचालो आगालो आगरो य आसासो ।
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आयरिसो अंगं ति य आइण्णाऽऽजाइ आमोक्खा ||७|| " 'नवभचेरमइओ अट्ठारसपयसहस्सिओ वेओ ।
हवइ य सपंचचूलो बहुबहुतरओ पयग्गेणं ॥११॥"
7. This is what we learn from the following verse of Suyagaḍanijjutti:
“सूयगडं अङ्गाणं बिइयं तस्स य इमाणि । सूतगडं सुत्तकडं सूयगडं चेव गोण्णाई || २ || ”
8.
This name occurs in Siddhasena Gani's com. (pt. 2, p. 66) on Tattvärtha (VIII, 8) and in Silanka Suri's com. (p. 50b, Rutlam edn.) on Ayāra (s. 38).