Treasury of Jain Tales

SR No.: 006762
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 468
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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formed the foundation for the Sanskrit commentaries (tikās, vrttis, avacūrnis), which were compiled between the 11th and 12th centuries A.D."SS Pañjikā is a commentary which analyses and explains words - hard or difficult to understand. 36
Tradition names Bhadrabāhu as the author of niryuktis on ten works of the āgama: 1. Acāranga, 2. Sūtrakrtānga, 3. Suryaprajñapti, 4. Uttarādhyayana, 5. Avasyaka, 6. Dasavaikālika, 7. Daśāśrutaskandha, 8. Kalpasūtra, 9. Vyavahāra and 10. Rsibhăsita-sūtra. Of these ten, the niryuktis on Süryaprajñapti and Rsibhăsita-sūtra are not extant. Besides the niryuktis mentioned above, there are two more niryuktis Pinda-niryukti and Ogha-niryukti. They are independent, no doubt, but according to Muni Punyavijayaji, they originally formed part of the Daśavaikälika-niryukti and Avasyaka-niryukti, respectively.
These niryuktis sometimes mention proper names or give some catch-words. By themselves they are unintelligible. The observations of Dr.Ghatage regarding the Dasavaikālika-niryukti are more or less true in the case of other niryuktis: "This niryukti contains the usual topics of such a commentary, but in addition, it knows a large number of stories, which were closely associated with the verses of the Uttarādhyayana in its own days. The peculiar method in which the details of the stories are summarised by the
35. Ibid, p. 483. 36. Rājas'ekhara in his Kávyami māmsă explains the names of
some of these: 71 TTT 1914 ! .... 114Tİ Hacterfaqcui afer: 1 सूत्रवृत्तिविवेचनं पद्धतिः । आक्षिप्य भाषणाद् भाष्यम् । अन्तर्भाष्यं समीक्षा । अवान्तरार्थाविच्छेदश्च सा । यथासंभावनमर्थस्य टीकनं टीका। विषमपदभञ्जिका पञ्जिका । अर्थप्रदर्शनकारिका कारिका । उक्तानुक्तदुरुक्तचिन्ता वार्त्तिकमिति शास्त्रभेदाः । Obviously, while explaining the terms Rājas'ekhara has before his mind's eye the works on vyäkarana-s'astra.
-GOS edn., Baroda, 1934,Ch.3,p.5,11.1-8