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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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
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too, concur. I am at present inclined to believe that Utturajjhayana of multiple authorship is anterior to Dasaveyaliyu. On this basis I may tentatively suggest the following order for the Mülasuttas according to their composition:
(1) Āvassaya, (2) Uttarajjhyana, (3) Dasaveyāliya, (4) its two Cālās, (5) Pindanijjutti and (6) Ohanijjutti.
Painnaga-This is a term used in Nanda (s. 44 etc. ),' and its Samskrta equivalent Prakarnaku occurs in Trisusti (1, 3, 5812 ) etc. Instead of Painnaga we have at times Pażnnagajjhayana' (Sk. Prakirnukādhyayana ) and Painna 4 (Sk. Prakirna ) as well. Thus a particular group of the sacred works of the Jainas is named in l’rakrta in three ways: (i) Païnnaga, (ii) Pażnnajjhayana and (iii) Painna. Out of these the 1st and the last can be translated as “a miscellany", whereas the second as "a miscellaneous lesson', but this is not what this special group stands for. It practically conveys the sense of avassayu-vuäritta-a fact one can infer from the Cunni (p. 50 )6 on Nandi (s. 44). One may even go a step forward and equate it with anga-bāhira.
Number-As retards the number of the Pażnnugas, it is not fixed like the number of the Angus which is, of course, 12 for one and all the tirthas. This number differs from tirtha to tirtha.
1 See p. 18, fn. 1 and p. 24, fn. 3. 2 “विस्तृतं बहुधा पूर्वैरङ्गौपाङ्गैः प्रकीर्णकैः । स्याच्छब्दलाञ्छितं शेयं श्रुतज्ञानमनेकधा ।। ५८१॥" 3 "पदणगज्झयणा बि सव्वे कालिय-उक्कालिया चउरामीइ सहस्सा"
--Cunni (p. 50) on Nandi (s. 44) 4 "तंदलवेयालियया ३३ चंदाविज्झय ३४ तहेव गणिविज्जा ३५।
निरयविभत्ती ३६ आउरपञ्चक्खाणा ३७ इय पइन्ना ।। ३५०॥"
From this it appears that only the 5 works mentioned here are Painnagas. 5 In A His. of Ind. Lit. (vol. II, p. 429) the word Painnas is translated as • "scattered pieces", whereas on p.473, the word "Prakirnakas" as "miscellanea". Further, on p. 458 it is said: "The ten Païnnas or "scattered pieces" correspond to the Vedic Parisistas, and are, like the latter mostly metrical and deal with
all kinds of subjects pertaining to the Jaina religion.” 6 Soe f'n. 3.