Book Title: Agam 26 Prakirnak 03 Maha Pacchakhana Sutra
Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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________________ LXXXVI: MAHĀPRATYĀKHYĀNA-PRAKĪRŅAKA itself we find a verse in which it has been said that the canonical works like Ācāränga, etc and the earlier Prakīrṇakas had been preached by the Lords Jinendras.69 Whether directly or indirectly through Mūlācāra and Bhagavatī-ārādhana of the Yāpaniya tradition, many a verse of the Prakirṇaka literature is found in the works of Acarya Kundakunda. Nine verses of Mahapratyakhyāna alone are found in Kundakunda's various treatises. From the presence of these verses in Mūlācāra and Bhagavatī ārādhanā, it appears that these have been taken into the Kundakunda literature from these two works only. Here, the question can be asked about the possibility of these verses being taken by Mūlācāra and Bhagavati-ārādhanā from the works of Kundakunda. The clear and unequivocal answer to this question is that firstly, many more verses of Mahāpratyākhyāna are found in the two works of the Yapaniya tradition referred to above than they are found in the works of Kundakunda. Had Mūlācāra and Bhagavatī–ārā dhana taken these verses from the Kundkunda's literature, their number would have been limited to nine only. The same argument can be extended in the case of verses from other Prakīrṇakas as well. It is, therefore, evident that the verses common to the Prakīrnakas, the Kundakunda's literature and that of the Ya paniya tradition had not been taken from the works of Kundakunda to the works of the Yapaniya tradition but the possibility of vice-versa being true is far greater. Also, from many a proof it has been conclusively proved that Acarya 69 :f "Ayarādi anga puvva-painna Jinehi pannatta | Je je virahiya khalu micchā me dukkaḍam hujja ({" Jain Education International Siddhantasärādi Sangraha, Kallāṇāloyaṇā, Mānikacanda Digambara Jaina Granthamala, Mumbai, verse 28. For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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