International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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International Journal of Jaina Studies Vol. 1-3 (2005-2007) 183-192
The Original Paņhavāyarana / Praśnavyākaraṇa Discovered
Diwakar Acharya*
The Sthänăngasūtra (Jambūvijaya 1985a: 311, sūtra 755) describes the Panhavāgarana (Skt. Praśnavvākarana), the tenth anga of the Jain canon, in the following way:
panhāvāgarana-dasānam dasa ajjhayaņā pannattā, tamjahā - uvamā, samkhô. isi-bhäsiväim, āyariya-bhāsitāim, mahāvīra-bhäsitäim, khomapasinām, komala-pasiņāim, addāga-pasiņāim, amguttha-pasināim, bāhupasiņāim!
In the Panhavāgarana-dasā ten adhyayanas are taught. They are as follows: comparison/ example (uvamā), decision/enumeration (samkhā), teachings of the seers (isi-bhāsiyāim), teachings of the teachers (avariya-bhāsitāim), teachings of Mahāvīra (mahāvīra-bhāsitāim), the issues associated with the way of divination which involves a deity's entering a linen cloth (khomapasiņāim), those issues associated with the way of divination which involves a deity's entering some soft object(?) (komala-pasiņāim), those issues associated with the way of divination which involves a deity's entering a mirror (addäga-pasiņāim), those associated with the way of divination which involves a deity's entering the surface of one's thumb (amguttha-pasiņāim), and associated with the way of divination which involves a deity's entering the surface of one's arm (bāhu-pasiņāim).
Similarly, the Samavāvāngasūtra (Jambuvijaya 1985a: 444, Sūtra 145) describes it the following way:
International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) Vol. 3, No. 6 (2007) 1-10
* I am grateful to Dr. Peter Flügel (the chair, SOAS Centre of Jaina Studies) and the reviewers of the IJJS for their suggestions on previous drafts of this article, which is a revised and expanded version of the report published in Juina Studies (Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies) Vol. 2 (2007) 22-23 (online: http://www.soas.ac.uk/academics/centres/jainastudies/newsletter/25135.pdf).