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Dvadasanga-Vani. In order to preserve it he wrote an Agama-Grantha known as the Kasaya Pahuda (K.P.) in Sutta-form, which was propagated by his disciple, Acarya Aryamanksu and Nagahastin. Acarya Yativrsabha wrote Cunni-Sutta (Commentary and explanatory notes in prose-style). Virasena-Svami also started writing Commentary on this Agama-Grantha, but he expired after writing only 20,000 slokas. After his death his disciple Acarya Jinasena II completed this commentary in the year 837 A. D. by writing further 40,000 slokas. This commentary is known as "Jai-Dhavala". Thus the above mentioned Satkhandagama and the Kasaya-Pahuda are said to be the original and authentic canonical literature of Digambara-Jaina Sect, written in Saurasemi Prakrta language. The Satkhandagama has been divided into 6 parts from the point of view of the subject-matter: (1) Jivatthana (2) Khuddabandha, (3) Bandha-Svamitva-Vicaya (4) Vedana (5) Vargana and (6) Mahabandha.
The Acarya who acquired a thorough and comprehensive knoledge of all the 6 parts was conferred the distinction of "Siddhanta-Cakravartin." Among the Jainacaryas it was Acarya Nemicandra (the teacher of Chief-commander, ViraCamundaraya) who got this distinctive credit. He has very ably and in a simple and lucid style presented the whole substance of the Satkhandagama in his writing known as the Gommatasara. Similarly, those who got mastery over the first three parts of S. K. were distinguished as Traividya-Deva. Acarya Madhavacandra is a reputed scholar of this category.
The two valuable Agama-Granths (S.K. and K.P.) of Digambara Jainas either would have been rotted in the old Sastra-Bhandaras or would have been eaten by moths, had reverend persons like Prof. Dr. Hira Lal Jaina, Siddhantacarya Pandita Phulacandra Sastri and Pandita Hira Lal Sastri not dedieated their herculean efforts made in text-compilation, editing and getting these publishgd. They were very much helped by Vyakhyana-Vacaspati Pt. Devakinandana Sastri and Prof. Dr. A. N. Upadhye in the beginning.
The respectable Bhattarakas of Mudhabidre (Karnataka State) deserve all praise who valued the original Palm-Leaf copies of the The Agama texts of S. K. and the K. P. more than their lives and treasured them for centuries. They were, however, not in favour of making these texts public, but some devoted and affluent persons like Setha Manikacanda J.P. of Bombay, Setha Pannalala Jaina of Amaroti (M.P.) etc. made up their mind to get these published at any cost. With the inspiration and help of these affluent persons, scholars like Pt. Gajapati Upadhayaya, Mrs. Pt. Luxmibai, Pt. Sitarama Sastri, Pt. Lokanatha Sastri etc. deeply and devotedly studied the ancient Palm-Leaf mss. of the S. K. with the Dhavala and the Jai-Dhavala commentaries written in old Kannada-script and prepared some copies in Devanagari-script by keeping themselves confined in a solitary room for years together and faced all sorts of difficulties. With this base-material and with the financial assistance of Srimanta Setha Sitabrai Laxmicandra Jaina of
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| SR No. | 014037 |
| Book Title | International Jain Conference 1985 3rd Conference |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Satish Jain, Kamalchand Sogani |
| Publisher | Ahimsa International |
| Publication Year | 1985 |
| Total Pages | 316 |
| Language | English, Hindi |
| Classification | Seminar & Articles |
| File Size | 12 MB |