Agam 10 Ang 10 Prashna Vyakaran Sutra Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Varunmuni, Sanjay Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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Achăryabhashit (sermon of teachers), Mahavir-bhãshit (sermon of Mahavir), Kshaumak Prashna, Komal Prashna, Addag Prashna, Angushtha Prashna, and Băhu Prashna (these are questions related to specific esoteric topic related topic). According to Samvāyānga and Nandi Sutras it has 108 Prashnas (questions), 108 Aprashnas (non-questions) and 108 Prashna-aprashnas (question-non-questions). It has discussions about strange miraculous powers including Angushtha Prashna, Bāhu Prashna and Darpan Prashna. It also contains divine dialogues from congregation of divine beings like Nãg Kumārs and Suparna Kumārs. It has countable thousand verses divided into 45 Adhyayans, 45 Uddeshan Kāls and 45 Samuddeshan Kāls.
However, the text of the Prashnavyãkaran available presently has nothing of all this. Most probably some senior and experienced Achārya, apprehensive of future misuse and harm, replaced all these questions about mantras with those related to five Ashravas (inflow of karmas) and five Samvars (blockage of the inflow of karmas). The existing contents are, in fact, spiritually very useful. The basic process of spiritual uplift is to understand the form and action of sin and then refrain from indulgence in it. No other basic scripture contains such detailed elaboration. The central theme of Jain spiritual endeavour is avoiding the inflow of karmas (Ashrava) and working towards the blockage of this inflow (Samvar). Being propagated by the Tirthankar, these two form the essential part of the tradition. In this context commentator (Vritti) Abhayadev Suri says - "With the view that some incompetent person could misuse the miraculous powers discussed in this scripture), those subjects have been replaced by the topics of Ashrava and Samvar.” Achărya Jinadas Mahattar wrote a commentary (Churni) on Nandi Sutra in 500 Shaka. It includes five Samvars and other themes of the current text of Prashnavyākaran Sutra. This indicates that the existing text of Prashnavyãkaran Sutra had already been written and popularized before 500 Shaka. It was also accepted within the Anga corpus. I will briefly discuss the subject matter of this available version of Prashnavyãkaran Sutra. The subject matter of the existing Prashnavyākaran Sutra
In the present Prashnavyãkaran Sutra there are two sections (Shrut Skandh). The first one discusses five Ashravas (inflow) including violence
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