Amrita Collected Papers by A M Ghatage

SR No.: 006968
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 530
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
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antiquity and the second part from which all the three parallels are to be derived is considerably younger than the first one. Another reason for this supposition must have been the general impression that the language of prose portions of the canon shows an older form than the one used in the metrical portions and because the passages in the Acārānga are in prose and those of the Daśavaikālika are in verse, the verses must be younger. Prof. Patwardhan further thinks that this position is strengthened by the fact that Das. VIII. 49 makes a reference to Āyāra., thus showing its acquaintance with it.
All these considerations of more or less general nature are not sufficient to prove the relative chronology of these few parallel passages. The Ācārānga is one of the oldest books of the canon may be accepted in a general sense, but the text itself is found in two distinct parts of different ages, and while the first part can be said to be fairly old, the second is younger. As all the parallel passages occur in the second part only the high antiquity of the first part is not sufficient unless it is proved that the second Srutakandha is also equally old or older than the Das. The other fact that the Das. is admittedly a compilation made by Sejjambhava for the benefit of his son is not sufficient in calling them as versification of the prose of the Ācārānga. The reference to Ācāra. in the Das. verse is at best doubtful. We are thrown back upon an actual comparison of all the parallel passages to decide the chronology, and no argument of a general nature would settle the case one way or the other.
I give below the two texts in parallel columns where some kind of verbal agreement is to be found. Generally the topics of all these chapters are the same and the contents of both the books are nearly the same.
ACARANGA
1. II. 1.1.1. se jjam puna jānejjā : asanam vā pānam vā khāimam vā sāimam vā pāņehim vā panaehim vā biehim vā hariehim vā saṁsattam ummissam sīodaeņa vā osittam rayasā vā parighäsiyam tahāppagāram asanam vā ....
2. II. 1.1.2. se tam āyāe egamtam avakkamejjā ahe jhamathamdilaṁsi vā....tao samjayām eva parittavejjā /
anabhikkantabhajjiyam
pehāe... no
3. II. 1.1.3. taruniyam vä сhivādim padigahejjā.
4. II. 1.3.9. tivvadesiyam vā vāsam vāsamānam pehãe, tivvadesiyam vā