Canonical Literature Of Jainas

SR No.: 022774
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H R Kapadia
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 286
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 26 MB

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102 THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS [CHAP.
Caranabhāvanā- This work deals with Vidyācāraṇas and Janghācāraņas. They are saints who can fly owing to the labdhit (miraculous power) acquired by them by practising austerities or by studying this work.?
Mahāsumiņabhāvanā--This work deals with great dreams.3
Teyaganisagga—This work has for its subject-matter a discharge of a fiery substance. The acquisition of tejolesyās and perhaps that of sūtalesyā may have been treated in this work.
Kappiyākappiya-This is a work which deals with the two topics viz, kalpa ( what should be practised or is acceptable) and akalpa, its opposite.
Culla-Kappasuya-This work explains what is kalpa. Its title suggests that it is a smaller treatise as compared with Mahākappasuya.
Mahā-Kappasuya-This work, too, deals with kalpa. It is so named either because it is voluminous or because it is deep in meaning. This is probably a Cheyasutta; but, on that account it is not possible to identify it with any of the six well-known Cheyasuttas. It will be a folly to think that this work is the same as Kappa (Bịhatkalpasūtra ); for, it is mentioned over and above Kappa, in Visesão (v. 2295)
1 For the description of this labdhi and that of many more see Ovavālya
(s. 24, p. 16), Vihapannatti (XX, 9; s. 683-4), Visesa (y. 779-803), Haribhadra Sūri's com. (p. 47b) on Avassaya, Pavayanasaruddhāra (v. 595601), the svopajña com. (p. 14) on Yogašāstra (I, 9 ) and the English
translation of Trişaşti (vol. I, pp. 75 and 79). 2 "पन्नरसे चारणभावणं ति उद्दिसिए उ अज्झयणं । चारणलद्धी तहिय उपज्जती तु अहि(ही)यम्मि ।। ११५॥" 3 In all there are 72 dreams. Out of them 30 are great as stated in
Pajjosaņākappa (s. 73). But the Bhäsa (p. 1096) on Vavahāra (x) gays as under:
"इच्छंती सुसुमिणा बायाला चेव ढुति महासुमिणा ।
बायत्तरि सव्वसुमिणा वन्निज्जते फलं तेर्स ॥११४ ॥" 4 This may be due to a penance or the study of tbis work. This is what is said in the following verse of Bhasa (p. 110a) on Vavahāra:
"तेयस्स निसरणं खलु आसीविसत्तं तहेव दिद्विबिसं ।
लद्धीतो समुप्पज्जे समहीएसुं तु एएसु ॥ ११७ ॥" 5 See Viāhapannatti (XV; s. 543). 6 See p. 36.