Agam 05 Ang 05 Study Of Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra

Author(s): Suzuko Ohira
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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final canonical stage, to which this text belongs. The concepts expressed in 6, 9 and 10 above can occur only when the Jaina-cend world view we accomplished in the final canonical age. This non-dialogue text must ha been drawn from the Sthana in order to add more information on the topic of dreams introduced in the previous sutras 576-77 (cf. D-2a-3).
(2) Mahavira and his relatives
XI.2.440 and XIII.6.490-91 (cf. D-3) offer the lineage of king Udayana as follows:
Sahasranika
(of Kausambi)
Jayanti
Supar'sva
Nandivardhana
Yasoda
Satanika
(of Kausambi)
Anojja
Udayana
(of sindhu-Sauvira)
If we place this lineage in the chronological lines relevant to MV (copied from the S.B.E. XXII, Introduction, p.xv), the total picture of the relationship held among those appearing in the relevant Bhagavati stories below will become much clearer:
Siddhartha
Mrgavati
Vardhamana
Jamali
Trisala
Cetaka (of Vaisali)
Sudarsana
Abhici
Cetaka (of Vaisali)
Prabhavati
Bimbisara (of Magadha)
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Subhadra
Cellana
Konika
(er Ajatasatru)
Udayin (founder of Pataliputra)
Jayanti is called as the first patron of the Jainas in Vaisali in XI.2.440, which is a part of her story running through 440-42. Sutra 441 is a mere descriptive
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