Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 17 Part 03

SR No.: 018118
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Publication Year: 1940
Total Pages: 568
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 30 MB

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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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They are as under :.. (1) Out of the 10 niryuktis, Avaśyakasūtraniryukti is
composed first. (2) It is more exhaustive than the rest, and that its
Upodghătaniryukti is recommended not only for the study of the remaining five adhyayanas of Āvaśyakasūtra but even while studying the nityukti of
other works. (3) Some of its gāthas occur in some of the agamas.
For instance 112 gāthās are in Anuyogadvārasütra,
and some gäthäs in Sthānănga and Nandisutra, too. (4) The discussion about avad hijñāna given in the
Nandisútra reminds one of a corresponding topic
dealt with in the Avaśyakasůtraniryukti. (5) It is the Avaśyakasūtraniryukti on which we have a
number of commentaries, such as mülabhäşya, the Višeşā vasyakabhăşya, cũrņi and various other com
mentaries.' (6) Avaśyakasūtra and its Upodghātaniryukti are unique
in the sense that a separate treatise viz. Anuyoga
dvāra is composed for explaining them. (7) There is a discussion as to why there are two mangalas
in the Āvaśyakasūtraniryukti, one by way of the gāthā beginning with rufaaligatoi and one by way of the gatha commencing with तित्थयरे भगवंते ( Upodghătaniryukti). .
A.M. Ghatage has made certain observations regarding the Niryuktis. He places the Avaśyakasūtraniryukti along with the Daśavaikälikaniryukti in the second group out of
the three 2 in which he divides the collection of Niryukti I Cf. what is given on p. 15 of “Ubersicht über die Avaśyaka-Literatur.” % The first and the third groups are as under :
The niryuktis on the first two angas come under the first group which contains "Niryuktis the text of which is preserved 10 us in a form which we can reasonably take to represent their original one free from later additions" (p. 270). "In the third group come the Niryuktis which are now called by the names of the Bhāşyas and Bphad-Bhāşyas like those on Niśītha and others where it is not now possible to separate the original Niryukti and the latter commentary ou it." (pp. 270-71).