Tulsi Prajna 1992 07

SR No.: 524571
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 154
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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studied it with different views.
Dvadaśāngas or Ganipitakas are the oldest Jaina literature. The last Anga is said to be destroyed and therefore only eleven Angas remain to be studied.
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Ayäranga, the first text of the Jaina Canon, was critically edited by H. Jacobi with an introduction and published by the Pali Text Society, London in 1882. Its first Śrutaskandha was issued by W. Schubring with careful edition in 1910. The same text was reproduced in Deonagari by Muni Jinavijayaji15. In 1935, the Ayārānga with the Niryukti of Bhadrabahusuri and a commentary of Silanka was published by Agamodaya Samiti, Bombay and the Curni of Jinadasagaṇimahattara appeared from Ṛsabhadeva Kesarimala Svetambara Samstha, Ratlam in 1941. A number of other editions have also come out into light.
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The Suyagadanga or Suyagadam, the second text of the Anga was edited by Manika Bhimasingh and with the Niryukti and Ţīkā of Silanka appeared from Agamodaya Samiti, Bombay in 1917. The Cūrņi is issued by Rsabhadeo K. Samstha, Ratlam in 1941. Its new edition was then prepared by Muni Punyavijayaji. In 1928, Dr. P. L. Vaidya also edited the Suyagaḍanga with the Niryukti. Pandit Ambikadatta edited and translated into Hindi with Silanka's tīkā1. All these editions do not give the detailed introduction which is essential for attracting the scholars.
Thāṇānga, the third text of the Agama, is commented upon by Abhayadevasūri which was edited by Maphatalal Jhaverachandra17. With the Gujarati translatsan, it was published from Benaras in 1880. This text also requires a critical edition.
Samavāyānga desribes the subject matter of twelve Angas and fourteen Purvas. It also mentions eighteen types of Brahmi script. This text was published from Ahmedabad in 1938. Prof. Malavaniya published both the texts Thāṇānga and Samavāyānga with Gujarati translation. Munishri Kanhaiyalal Kamal has recently issued the Samavayanga with an introduction, Hindi translation and appendices, but without word index.
Viyahapaṇṇatti or the Bhagavatisutra, the fifth Anga, deals with the philosophical questions in a questionnaire method. It is the first Anga which attacted the Western scholars like A. Weber who published it as "A Fragment der Bhagawati18". Ancthhr edition with Abhayadeva's commentary appeared from Varanasi in 1882 and from Bombay in 1921. Under the editorship of Pt. Bechardas Dosi and Bhagavan Das, Jianagama Prachar Sabha published it in four