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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I) GENESIS OF THE JAINA SCRIPTURES
15 he is last but one, and Stl ūlabhadra' is the last. All the 11 Ganadharas of Lord Mahāvīra were Śrutakovalins, and there were other saints of His, 289 in number, who, too, were Śrutakevalins.
hey were followed by Jambūsvāmin2 and 4 Śrutakevalins viz. (1) Prabhavasvāmin, (2) Sayyambhava Sūri, (3) Yaśobhadra Sūri and (4) Sambbūtivijaya. Out of all these Srutakevalins, we have already dealt with Ganadharax and 12 Angas composed by each of them. It is said that Āvassaya is composed by Indrabhūti, the very 1st Ganadhara; but since the opinions differ in this connection and since the question of its genesis requires a lot of space, I reserve it for subsequent treatment. As regards 289 Śrutakevalins, we do not know, if any one of them had composed any work. The same is the case with Jambūsvāmin and Prabhavasvāmin. Sayyambhava Sūri, a junior contemporary of Prabhavasvāmin and a predecessor of Bhadrabāhusvāmin, has at least one work viz. Dasaveyaliyu attributed to him. This and the two Culiyas3 associated with it, I shall deal with, in due course. As regards Yaśobhadra Sūri and Sambhūtivijaya, we are again in the dark. Then comes the case of Bhadrabāhusvāmin. He is an author of ten Nijjuttis. Over and above that, he is looked upon as the author of Pajjosaņākappa, the 8th chapter of Dustisuynkkhunilha and other
1 He completely knew the meaning of the 1st 10 Puvvas only, though he had
studied all the 14 Puvvas in words. 2 He is the last of the persons to have attained omniscience in this vasarpini.
No doubt, he, too, is a Srutakevalin. But as Gavadharas are usually styled as Ganadharas and not Śrutakevalins, as the former designation is superior to the latter, similarly it is more consistent to say that Jambūsvāmin is kevalin than to address him by an inferior designation of Śrutakevalin. In short, the word Srutakeralin is generally used for such persons who do not attain omniscience during their life but at the same time master the complete
brutajñana. This will explain why I have separately mentioned Jambūgvāmin. 3 There are two Culiycīs in the case of Ayur, too, its we shall see hereafter.
This is what Bhairalähusvāmin has himself sail in the following verse of his Arassayanijjutti:'आवस्सयस्स दसकालियस्म तह उत्तरज्झमायारे। मूयगड नि जत्ति वोच्छामि तहा दसाणं च !! ८२ ।। कप्परम य निउनति ववहारमेव परमनिउणरमा। मरियपण्णत्तीप.वोच्छ इसिभासियाण च ।। ८३॥"