Agam 17 Upang 06 Chandra Pragnapti Sutra Chandapannatti Terapanth

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

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and Srenika, which has been referred to not only in the Bhagavarii and the Avaśyaka cūrņi", but in the Buddhist literature too. It is surprising that history does not record this battle.
Battle may be indispensable for self-protection, and the consequent violence may be regarded as inevitable for a householder. Even then none can deny that violence is, for all purposes, but violence and it can never masquerade as nonviolence. In the section under review, this anti-war attitude has come to the forefront, and it is a spiritual edict against the religious justification of holy wars.
The second section contains the description of the salvation of Sreņika's ten grandchildren, who adopted the path of religious austerities. The third section propounds the obscrvance and non-observance of restraint and equanimity. The fourth section contains the description of the ten nuns (disciples) of Parśvanātha. We find the description of the observance of conduct by the twelve princes of Vţşņi dynasty and their birth in 'Survärthasiddhi' in the fifth section.
Thus various interesting and important topics have been propounded in this small-sized upanga, that is, Nirayavalikā śrutaskandha. Author and Date of Composition
No definite information is available about the author and the date of composition of this angahāhya śrutaskandha. It is, however, certain that some elderly monk composed it. It deals with the topics related with Bhagavari, jñātā, Upāsakudasā, Aupapātiku and Rajapraśniya, but this is 110t a sufficient ground to determine the date of its composition. When the Āgamas were analysed, it was found that thc earlier agamas contain the names of the later āgamas, so they cannot determine which agamas were composed carlier and which at a later date. Commentaries
A Sanskrit commentary is available on this śrutuskandha. Sricandrasuri wrote its commentary, a very abridged piece of composition, in the Vikram era 1228. A fabbá (stabaka) was composed on it in Gujarati by Muni Dharmasi (Dharmasingh).
Completion of the Assignment The overall credit of its editing goes to Yuväcărya Mahaprajña. The work has come to successful completion due to the single-mindedness with which he applied himself to the task day and night, without which this gigantic task would have been insurmountable Being a yogi basically, he is able to ever maintain concentration of mind. Engaged as he has been in the cditing of the agamas for a 1. Bhagavati, 7/173,210 2. Avašyaka cúrni, part II, p. 174