Repetition In Jaina Nrative Literature

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Author: Klaus Bruhn
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(4) Employment of examples, e.g. examples for the four elements
of the « anuyoga » (upakrama, nikṣepa, anugama, naya). There
exists also the more general problem of the number of examples to be given (one or more than one for each category?) 58. (5) Preparation of a list of important publications (including texteditions), following the arrangement of ABCIM 59 by K. L. Janert. From our present point of view, such a list is not in the first place necessary as an instrument for tracing published material but as a technical aid which helps both the author (who does not have to give long bibliographical references) and the reader (who does not have to face the problem of incomplete quotations). A generally accepted list cannot be written overnight, as is demonstrated inter alia by a bibliography prepared in connection with the Berlin Concordance 60. Abbreviations present an additional problem: standardized abbreviations or ad hoc abbreviations?
(6) Quotation of original text in order to demonstrate (i) syntax, style, terminology, phraseology, etc. and (ii) mangalas, colophons, dvara-gathās, instructions-for-repetition, etc.
(7) Quoting pratikas. As long as we have no standard counting for niryukti-bhāṣya-verses, pratīkas are safer than mere numbers. They are also easier to remember (in certain cases this will be an advantage).
(8) Quantitative statements. Even approximate figures are useful for the reader.
(9) Complete references to publications. This refers merely to the non-technical aspect of the matter: systematic rather than casual references to earlier publications.
(10) Synopses for the comparison of works",
(11) Tables for the presentation of dogmatical matter and cosmographical maps. Material of this type is already found in ancient manuscripts.
58. For a discussion on « the number of examples » refer to E. GEROW, A Glossary of Indian Figures of Speech, Mouton, 1971, p. 54.
59. K. L. JANERT, An Annotated Bibliography of the Catalogues of Indian Manuscripts, part 1, Wiesbaden, 1965.
60. C. TRIPATHI, The Jaina Concordance in Berlin, a bibliographical report (L. Alsdorf Com. Vol., pp. 301-29).
61. E.g. compare Avaśyaka and Pañcatantra synopses: LEUMANN, Übersicht, columns 35a-36a; J. HERTEL, Tantrakhyāyika, Leipzig und Berlin, 1909 (repr. 1970), Erster Teil, pp. 100-26.
62. VON GLASENAPP, Jainismus; Kşu. Jinendra Varni, Jaina encyclopaedia in four volumes (JSK).