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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IV) THE EXTINCT AGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
79 according to S. B. E. (vol. XXII, intro. p. 1)', all the Cūlās. The onding portion of the Nijjutti on Mahāparinnā explains the meanings of the two words which make up Mahāparinnā from the standpoint of the four niksepas, whereas its 34th versesays that it deals with parişahas and upasargas, the outcome of infatuation. It may be added that Mahāparinnā is a sātisaya adhyayana. So says Malayagiri Sūri in his com. (p. 46) on v. 146 of Kappanijjutti.
By taking into account the description of Nāyādhammakahā as given in Nandã (s. 51), we may inser that the portion of this Anga which exists now is practically a drop in the ocean. For, hundreds of ākhyāyikās, upākhyāyikās and ākhyāyikopākhyāyikās are lost. All these seem to have been extinct at least by the time of Malayagiri Sūri, if not by the time of Jinadāsa Gaņi. ingas 7 to 11 are said to have sankhyeya pada3-sahasras (vide Nandi s. 52–56). So it may be that they, too, are not available in toto.
If we examine the extant Panhāvāgarana, in the light of the contents of the 10th Anga noted in Nandi (s. 55), we are led to either of the two conclusions:--
(i) The old 10th Anga is altogether lost, and one similar in name is substituted for it by some one who flourished prior to Abhayadeva Sūri.
(ii) The extant Panhāvāgarana is a fragment of the old one of which the contents have not been fully noted in Nandı.
1 Here 'săisayattaņeņa' is wrongly translated as 'supertluous'. ) "निस्संगा य छटे ६ मोहसमुत्था परीसहुवसग्गा ७ । निजाणं अट्ठमए ८ नवमे य जिणेण एवं ति ९॥ ३४ ॥"
This verse along with the 33rd throws light on the subject matter of Ayara. So it may be here noted as under:
__ "जिअसंजमो १ अ लोगो जह बज्झइ जह य तं पजहियव्वं २ ।
सुहदुक्खतितिक्खा विय ३ सम्मत्तं ४ लोगसारो ५ य ।। ३३॥" 3 I do not know if there is any Svetāmbara source which defines pada.
But in The Sacred Books of the Jainas (vol. II, p. 29), a madhyama - pada is said to consist of 16, 34, 83, 07, 888 letters, and on pp. 29-31, are given the specific numbers of these madhyamapadas for one and all the 12 Angas.