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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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS
almost tally with those of the 12 digas. The latter has many sub-divisions, kalika and utkalika being chief of them. Uttaradhyayana is mentioned in this connection in Tattvartharūjarartiku (p. 54); but it is there neither specifically referred to as kalika nor utkrilika. Turning to Tattvārthasīrulīpikü', we learn that Purikurma, one of the five sections of Destivala includes works such as Cendruprajapti, Suryaprajapti and Jambidvīpaprajapti. The aligu-bahyu group is said to consist of 14 works, each of which is styled as Prakirnaka. The first four of them are entitled as Samayika, Caturvimšutistara, Vandrina and Pratikramana. These seem to correspond with the four sections of Arassaya, out of six. The other works worth noting are: Daśavaikālika, Uttarilh yayand, and Kalpa-Vyacahāra since they remind us of the corresponding works of the Scetămburus. It may be mentioned that the Digamburas believe that it is long since that all the canonical treatises of the Juinas have been lost, and the Śrctrīmbara canonical works are not genuine. Besides, the Digamburas have a secondary canon or a substitute canon. This canon which is spoken of as the four Velas, consists of works of a later date. These works are divided into 1 anuyogas. As for example, the Puranas or the legendary works like Padman purundi, llarivamsa-purūna, Mahapurāņci, Uttara-purāna etc., are looked upon as forming a group known as prathamānuyoga. Similarly cosmological works such as Suryaprajnapti, Candraprajñapti etc., come under the group karanānuyoga. The works on the
ārśanika (philosophical ) literature e. g. Kundakunda's Pavaydņusāra, Umāsvāti's Tattvārtha, Samantabhadra's Aptamīmāṁsi etc., form the third group styled as Iravyānuyoga. Ritualistic works like Vattakera's Mulūcāru and Trivarnācāra, Samanta bhadra's Ratnakarandasrivukācīru make up the fourth group known as caraṇānuyoga. This is what we learn from a llix. of Ind.
1 On the basis of this work, it complete survey of the canonical treatises of the
Digambaras is given in Bhandarkar's Report for 1883-4, p. 106 fl. As stated in A His. of Ind. Lit. (vol. II, p. 473 n) this may be compared with Weber, HSS.-verz. II, 3, 823 f., Guerinot, p. xxx f., and J. L. Jaini's preface (p. 1. 11.) to SDJ (vol. V).