Agam 06 Ang 06 Gnatadharma Sutra Part 02 Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana, Surendra Bothra, Purushottamsingh Sardar
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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story of Rohini has similarities with stories of Methew and Luke from the Bible. All this points toward the fact that many stories from Jnata Sutra have slowly spread all around the world and have been adapted and absorbed in the world literature. INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT
There are two sections in the Jnata Sutra. The first section contains nineteen chapters and the second has ten sub-sections. The name of this work is Jnata Dharma Katha. Acharya Abhaya Dev Suri has commented on this term-Jnata means example and Dharma Katha means popular religious tales. Both these combined meanexamples and religious tales. Some scholars say that the word Jnata has been derived from the Prakrit word Naya. One of the names of Bhagavan Mahavir is Naya-putta or Jnata-putra. Here the word Jnata points towards Bhagavan Mahavir. So according to this theory Jnata Dharma Katha means the religious stories told by Bhagavan Mahavir. This interpretation appears to be more appropriate. Another meaning is religious tales told by Jnata (omniscient or Bhagavan Mahavir).
All the stories in the first section are based on examples. The verses drawing conclusion at the end of each story make it easy to grasp the lesson contained. These stories impart moral values, knowledge of the fundamentals, inspiration, and guidance for spiritual practices. THE ILLUSTRATED AGAM SERIES
About four years back we had celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the Diksha ceremony of revered Gurudev U. B. Pravartak Bhandari Shri Padma Chandra ji Maharaj. At that time the plan for publication of illustrated Agams was taking shape in my mind. The very same year I launched and concluded the editing and publication of the last sermon of Bhagavan Mahavir, Illustrated Uttaradhyayan Sutra. The experiment proved to be highly successful. It was widely acclaimed and even the unwilling started studying the illustrated Agam with interest. I received numerous letters from scholars, scholarly ascetics, and devotees freely praising this effort. I resolved to further this project looking at the prevailing need and usefulness of such works. Illustrated Antakritdasha Sutra, Illustrated Kalpa Sutra, Illustrated Tirthankar Charitra and Illustrated Jnata Dharma Kathanga Sutra (First Part) have already been published under this scheme.
As the Jnata Sutra is a voluminous work, it is being published in two parts. First part contains eight chapters. The remaining all Jnata Sutra has been taken in this second part.
Some changes have been incorporated in the style of editing. A section has been added before every chapter. This contains explanation about the title and topic of this chapter and, gist of the story.
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