Outline of Avasyaka Literature

SR No.: 006911
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ernst Leumann, George Baumann
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 256
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

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English translation by George Baumann
dvaye ca vimse 'ngabhṛto 'pi panca te, śate ca sâṣṭādaśake catur-muniḥ: || 23 guruh Subhadro Jayabhadra-nāmā paro Yasobāhur anantaras tataḥ maha'rhaLoharya-guruś ca ye dadhuḥ prasiddham Acara-mahā'ngam atra te || 24 mahātapodhṛd-vinayamdhara-śrutām ṛṣi-śrutim gupta-pad'ādikām dadhat muniśvaro 'nyah Sivagupta-samjñako gunaiḥ svam Arhadbalir apy adhat padam 25 62. °rvi V B(2043) M(2040)2 P(XXII 1134)2; Prausth BM; Kṣatrayo P Br(3350). 53. Gangadeva-yatis S(365). 64. Kaums S. 65 end. -dhṛtās M', -dhrtas
M2P (& Br.?), -dhṛtāms P2. 23. -yuk MBr. 23. nah satah (for nas tataḥ?) BPS. 25. povṛddhinay M'PBr, povṛdvinayo M2B, podrgvinayo S; dharaḥ śro BP. 25. Opti BP. - Above, p. 1947-54, only the manuscripts MPS have been consulted. The above list is also further assumed in Prabhācandra's epitaph, most likely written soon after 800 (more about its dating will be said further below when determining Prabhācandra's time). Likewise, when here again (as with Jinasena) some differences can be found, it seems they also more likely derive from inaccuracy than from an older tradition. Even the circumstance that the inscription already breaks off within the third group of names shows that only a cursorial outline was intended.
It is possible that the gatha-s, which in the Paṭṭāvalī were adopted from the Vikramaprabandha to substantiate their data, lastly came from a text that goes back much beyond the year 800. At least, the Pkt.-śloka (which lists the names of group E) mingled with them might be fairly old. In any case, what has been said shows that during the early Middle Ages the Digambara tradition already knew two church fathers having the name Bhadrabahu: Bhadrabahu I, Sūri during the years 138-162 after Mahāvīra,
Bhadrabahu II, -
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In the Svetâmbara-Pattavali only the first three of the above names and the succession Yasobhadra-Bhadrabahu recur, and, [24] indeed, this succession is found at the time of the first Bhadrabahu! Thus, the data are:
Gautama -12 Sudharma -20 Jambū -64
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2.
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5.
Sambhūtavijaya -156, Bhadrabahu -170
This list is well authenticated by the old Sthaviravali (of the Paryuṣaṇakalpa). It is not important here that this does not contain any exact date and time, because Bhadrabahu as sixth in line necessarily has to be put in the second century after Mahāvīra's death. It can be immediately presumed that the second Bhadrabahu is only a chronistic repetition that has led Yaśobhadra to this incorrect position. In fact, it will be seen that the old Bhadrabahu is the most reliable anchor in older Jaina history. Whereas nothing is known about his later double, except for the above-mentioned Digambara dating that would not have been devolved on him from the older person.
Prabhava
Sayyambhava Yaśobhadra
6.
Even the long-lost Dṛṣṭivada (whose contents are known from the mentioned Angadescription, p. 1536) contained, along with Gaṇḍika-s (stories) on the prophets and the disciples, a Gandika on Bhadrabahu. Presently, besides various Paṭṭāvalī and Sthavirāvalī
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The passage says (Epigr. Ind. IV 27): Gautama-ganadhara-sākṣāc chiṣyaLoh'āryaJambuViṣṇudevAparajita-Govardhana-Bhadrabahu-Viśākha-Prosthila-Krttik'ārya-Jayanama-Siddhartha-DhṛtisenaBuddhil'adi-.- One Loharya as disciple of Mahāvīra is also mentioned in the AvaśyakaCurni on niry. IV If.
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