Jaina Epistemology

SR No.: 006738
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Indra Chandra Shastri
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1990
Total Pages: 516
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 21 MB

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Indirect Knowledge
(5) Painnagas-Originally Painnagas (Sk. Prakirṇaka) meant miscellaneous literature. The number of painngas varied according to the number of gifted disciples of a Tirthankara. Thus, in the time of Mahavira it is stated that there were 1400 painņas. But in the modern classification the painnas are recognised as ten. They are:
1. Causarana
2. Aurapacckkhāṇa,
3. Bhakta parijñā,
4. Tandula Veyālija 5. Candavijya
6. Gaṇivijjā,
7. Maraṇa Samāhi,
8. Devendra Sutra
9. Samstāraka
10. Mahāpaccakkhāṇa
(6) Culiya sutta-The Nandi and Anuyogadvāra are recognized as Chuliyasuttas. Perhaps, this name was given to them on account of their short volume.
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The Sthanakavasins do notre cognise the fifth and sixth class. They follow thirty two Agamas in the following order: (1) 11 Angas, 12 Upangas, 4 chedas, 4 Mülas and 1 Avassaya,
In addition to the original agamas the Mürtipujaka sect of the Svetambaras admits Niryuktis, Bhāṣyas, Cūrṇis and Tikās also as authority which the Sthanakavāsins do not support. Classification according to the subject-matter
As far as the subject-matter is concerned the Jaina Agamic literature is divided into four anuyogas :
1. Caraṇakaraṇānuyoga-Ethics
2. Dharmakathanuyoga-Religious stories,
3. Ganitanuyoga- Mathematics and secular sciences,
4. Dravyanuyoga-Metaphysics.
But, in the allotment of the Agamas to these four groups no much attention is paid. It is more or less haphazard. All the eleven amgas and Dasaveyaliya are classed in the first group; when some of them are exclusively biographical sketches The Digambara-division
The Digambaras also divide śruta into Aṁgapraviṣṭa and Amgabahya, The Amgapravista is the same as that of the