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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In the Panhüvägaranadasë, those great issues of praśnavidvās are explained, which are composed by the best Jinas, cause direct perception, and have manifold great qualities. [These issues are hard to comprehend and fathom (but can awaken ignorant men, and are approved by all omniscient Jinas. (These are] told, by great Jaina sages with great details, by those teachers who speak of various objects of manifold qualities and the ways of self-restraint in detail; and also by all those Pratyekabuddhas, who propounded our as well as others' doctrines in discourses of various purposes. These include the issues, beneficial to the world, which concern the mediums, such as a mirror, one's thumb or arm, a sword, a jewel, a piece of linen, and the sun. (Theyl shed light on many of the?) great praśnavidyās and mindreading praśnavidvas, involved deities, ceremonial applications, and major qualities. [Those issues involve the proofs for existence of the best of the Tīrthakaras in the distant past who resorted to self-restraint, and cause astonishment in the mind of people because of their true double impact.
In the panhāvāgarana, a certain number of narratives, a certain number of anuyogadvāras, {a certain number of vedha-verses, a certain number of verses, a certain number of niryuktis, }' a certain number of sangrahanīs, {and a certain number of pratipattis} are taught. In the tenth anga situated among the anga-texts, one śrutaskandha, {45 adhyayanas,} 45 uddeśanakālas, 45 samuddeśanakālas, numerous hundred-thousands of padus together with padägras, a certain number of aksaras, limitless gamas, (limitless chapters, a certain number of tasas, limitless thāvaras, and eternal as well as made-up, composed and settled bhāvas taught by the Jina are taught, indicated, explained, shown, instructed, [and] exhibited. That anga-text stands containing such teachings, such knowledge, such wisdom,} and such explanations on the cause and merits of self-restraint. Thus is the Panhāvāgarana.
These descriptions indicate that the Praśnavyākarana deals mainly with various issues concerning divination, for instance, essential and non-essential questions for the purpose of divination. The title of the text itself suggests the same thing: (Prophetic]
- I use curly braces to contain the words present only in the Nandisutra and abbreviated in the Samadvargasira.
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