Agam 05 Ang 05 Study Of Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra

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

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The peculiar problems treated and developed in the Bhagavati but not in the other canonical texts are; nihnava issues involving 'calamane calie'; the theory of directions; yugma and sancita methods, etc.
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Case illustrations or realistic illustrations of a certain topic or concept applied in daily experience are prominently found in the Bhagavati: for instance, those of categorical kriya groups; those of maha and alpa of (karma-kriya-asravavedana, etc.; those of deva's and anagara's vikuruvana; and those of aradhana made on the basis of death bed performance of a locana and pratikramana (which frequently appear in the canonical story texts also).
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The following problems are traceable of their evolution and/or development in the Bhagavati if the relevant passages in the other canonical texts are examined together: scheme of pudgala; theory of prade'sas; doctrine of pancastikayas; guru-laghu and related concepts; characteristic nature of jija; le'sya theory; rebirth chart; karma theory and related concepts; anuyogadvaras and four standpoints; nayavada; MV's birth account, etc.
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The following concepts treated in the Bhagavati are accepted in the other canonical texts: rule of achieving moksa upon attaining kevala jnana-darsana; iryapatha and samparayika kriyas; Tamaskaya and Krsnaraji; kala cakra; roles of the 24 tirthankaras and related concepts, etc.
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In the other texts, both canonical and post-canonical, the following topics are developed: cosmography; mythology; story composition; church history; codes of ascetic and lay conduct; karma theory; theory of knowledge and dialectics; mechanism of transit path; problems pertaining to moksa and mokşamarga, etc.
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As we have examined in the Third Chapter, various methodical forms of exposition are devised and experimented with in the Bhagavati, so that earlier thoughts can be expressed in a more systematic way. Many of them came to be used in composing the other canonical texts. Satakas XXI ff. also exhibit typical examples as such, which are derived from the practice of applying anuyoga items to classified items.
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Then the Bhagavati incorporates passages from the other canonical texts in a large scale by indicating reference sources for the relevant problems. Frequency of the entries of X-sutras based on Table I is as follows:
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Referred texts Prajnapana Jivajivabhigama Jambudvipa p.
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