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VI. 6 Chedasatras
159 Subject.- The entire work is composed in Prakrit in verses. It
elucidates the laghubhāşya (?) of Pancakalpasútra which is considered to be the 6th (last) chedasutra'. It is reported in Jaina Granthāvali (p. 16) that now-a-days no manuscript of this chedasūtra is available. It existed up to Samvat 1612. Hence Jītakalpasūtra is substituted in its place.
Sometimes it is found that the bịhadbhāşya of an agama is preceded by its cūrņi. It is on this analogy that the cūrni of Pancakalpasūtra is given a place prior to its bshadbhāşya. So this must be for the present looked upon as a tentative
arrangement. Begins.--- fol. r' ५५ ॥ ॥नमः सर्वज्ञाय ॥
वंदामि भदवाहुं पाईणं चरिमसम(योलमयणाणी । सत्तत्यकारगमिसिं दसाण कप्पे य [4] ववहारे । __ कंप्पं ति णामणिष्पं(प्पणं महत्थं वनुकामतो। -णिज्जूहगस्स भत्तीप मंगलवाए प संथुति । तित्थगरणमोक्कारो सत्थस्स त आइए समकखाउ(ओ)। इह पुण जेणज्झयणं णिज्जूढं तस्स कीरति । सत्थाणि मंगलपुरस्सराणि मुहसवणगहणधरणाणि । जम्हा भवंति य(ज)ति य सिस्सपसिस्सेहिं पव(चोयं च । भत्तीय सत्थकत्तरि तं (तत्तो) उपओगगोरवं सत्थे । पएण कारणेणं कीरइ आदी णमोक्कारो।
पद अभिवाद थुतीए सुमसहोणेगहा तु परिगीतो। . वंदण पूयण णमणं त्यु(शुणणं सक्कारमेगा ।
भई ति सुंदर त्ति य तुल्लत्यो जत्थ सुंदरा बाहू । सो होत्ति(ति) भद्दबाहू गोण्णं जेणं तु पा(बालत्ते ।
1 Muni Punyavijayají once wrote to me in this connection that Papicakappa formed a topic of the bhāşya of Brhatkalpasůtra and it was somehow looked upon as a separate treatise as was the case with Ohanijjutti and Pindanijjutti. See p. 298 of my article “ The Jaina Commentaries " published in the Annals of the Bhandarkar O. R. Institute (vol. XVI, pts. III-IV). On this page I have further mentioned that Muni Kalyanavijayaji has observed that in Pancakappasutta there is a reference about Kālika Sūri's going to Ajīvika for studying aștānga-nimitta.
2 For a similar remark see Winternitz, Geschichte vol. II, p. 311 and “A History of Indian Literature” vol. II, p. 465.