Agam 17 Upang 06 Chandra Pragnapti Sutra Chandapannatti Terapanth

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Introduction
The present volume consists of nine āgamas -uvangas-Pannavaņā, Jambuddivapannatti, Candapannatti, Surapannattī, Nirayāyaliyão (five in number).
PAŅŅAVAŅA The canon under review is Pannavaņā (Prajñāpanā). It treats extensively the two substances-sentient being (jīva) and insentient being (ajīva)." The term used in the beginning is'prajñāpanā, hence the whole canon bears the name * Prajñāpanā'. One of its aims is to interpret the Reality through QuestionAnswer method, and the same thing has been done in this canonical text. That also justifies its nomenclature as Prajñāpanā. In the opening gāthás, this agama has been named as 'Adhyayana' which shows that one of its names is 'Adhyayana' also. It relates to Drștivada, the twelfth anga, so it has been called as the essence or nihsyanda of Drstivāda. Subject-Matter
It contains 36 topics (padas) which discuss the various aspects (paryāyas) of soul (jiva) and non-soul (ajīva). It is like an ocean of the Science of Reality (iativa vidya) through which the deeper meaning of Indian Science of Reality can be appreciated. The first topic (pada) provides two classifications of vegetable-bodied beings-the individual-bodied (pratyekaśarīri) and commonbodied (sādharanasariri). The common-bodied presents such a unique picture of Socialism which cannot even be imagined in human society. It deals in greater details with the aryas and the mlecchas.
This canon is the source book of the Science of Truth (tattvajñana). Whereas the Bhagavati is an arga-pravista canon, the Pannavanā is an Upanga. Both these Āgamas are inter-related on account of their common theme of the Science of Truth. Most of the Prajñāpanā has been included in Bhagavati by Devarddhigați, as is evident from the use of 'jahā pannavanae' time and again. Its every pada is like the embodiment of abstruse metaphysical problems. It contains various important sūtras about leśyā and karma.
Nandisutra gives us the two classifications of Agamas-angapravista and
1. Paanayanā, gatha 2
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