Unknown Pilgrims

SR No.: 007014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 820
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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The Unknown Pilgrims
inscribed, but no less authentic and important, for each one of those whose names are known to us belonged to a group and was dependent upon this group, following within it her own spiritual pilgrimage, but united to many others.
Major Agamas (in Prakrit)
1. Satkhaṇḍāgama by Puṣpadanta (c. 2nd half IInd c.) 1st Part; Bhutavali (c. 2nd half IInd c.) 5 Parts, commentary by Kundakunda, Samantabhadra, Virasena: (Dhavalā, IXth c.):
2. Kaṣāyaprabhṛta (Kasāyapāhuḍa) by Gunadhara (c. 2nd half IInd c.) composed 150 verses other acāryas continued, commentary (Jayadhavalā IXth c )by Jinasena.
Secondary Agamas: Anuyoga (in Prakrit, Sanskrit)41
1. Prathamanuyoga - stories, legends Padmapurāṇa by Raviṣena (end VII c.) Adipurana by Jinasena (IX c.) Uttarapurăṇa by Gunabhadra (IX c.)
2. Karaṇānuyoga: Cosmology Trilokasära by Nemicandra (end X - XI c.) Jambudvipaprajñapti by Amitagati (2nd)(end X - XI c.)42
3. Caraṇānuyoga: Rules of conduct for ascetics, śrāvakas, śrāvikās. Mülăcăra by Vaṭṭakera (c. II c.) Ratnakaraṇḍaśrāvakācāra by Samantabhadra (II - V c.?)
41 These works are numerous, especially those belonging to the Dravanuyoga. We give here only a selection of the most important. 42 According to the gurvāvali (the list of the line of the gurus) of the Mathurasamgha, he was a disciple of Madhavasena, himself a disciple of Amitagati the first (Xth c.), the author of Yogasära; cf. JSK I, p. 136. Another text on the same subject was probably composed by Acarya Saktikumāra (XIth c.); cf. JSK II, p.309.