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... [212]... quotes a gathā which is not his own composition. It runs as follows:
pānivahau niyatta havasti dihāuyā arogā ya
emăi pannattā panṇavaņī viyarāgeham24 | The gist of the gathā is : “ Those who refrain from killing living beings live long and enjoy good health (in the next birth)." This is an example of prajñāpani speech. The preachings or statements of this type come under the head of prajñāpanā speech. The gåth, in point contains no command do not kill' but simply describes the fact that those who do not kill live long and remain healthy. Hence the speech embodied in this gathā is called Prajñāpani. The present work too contains simply this type of description (prajñāpana) of jiva and ajīva. Hence its title Prajñāpanā is quite appropriate.
In the Buddhist Pāli Pitakas there is a work bearing the title Puggalapaññatti. Therein occurs the description, conducted in various ways, of puggala (person, man). The import of the terms paññatti (in the title Puggclapaññatti) and prajñāpanā (paņņavaņā) (the title of the present work) is identical.
The Pāli counterparts, viz. paññāpana, paññatta, etc. of the Prakrit pannavanā, pannatta, etc. are used in the Pāli literature.
Drstivāda--the Source of Prajñāpanā
Prajñāpanāsūtra is the fourth Upanga. In the Jaina Agama literature, there are twelve Anga works, the twelfth being Drstivāda which is lost to us. The number of Upāngas is also twelve and unlike Angas all of them are extant. It is very difficult to decide as to when the relation of a particular Anga to a particular Upanga has been established. But this type of relation has been demonstrated since the time when Jaina commentators started to write their commentaries in Sanskrit. According to this tradition commentator Malayagiri points out that the present Upanga Prajñapanā is an Upanga of Samavāya, the fourth Anga work 25. But in olden days no attempt had been made to establish such a connection between Samavāyanga and Prajñāpanā. And it is clear that there had existed no such connection between them. To corroborate this view we quote a găthā occurring in the beginning of Prajñāpanā, wherein the author himself explicitly
24. Prajñāpamātikā, folio 259 B. 25. 'īyam ca samavāyākhyasya caturthāngasyopangam, taduktārthapratipadanāt'
Prajñāpanātikā, folio 1.
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