Agam 26 Prakirnak 03 Maha Pacchakhana Sutra

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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have found their way into the Kundakunda literature through Bhagavati-ārādhanā and Mülācāra.
Another question that naturally raises its head in this comparative study is that whether the like verses of Mahăpratyākhyāna have come into this work from the canonical works and the Niryuktis or vice-versa? As far as the case of the canonical works is concerned, it can be clearly said that all the four like verses of Mahāpratyākhyāna have been taken from the canonical works, because all four of them are from the Uttarādhyayana and they are there in their proper position and order. Also, the Uttarādhyayana is certainly older than the Mahā -pratyākhyāna. Therefore, it is certain that these verses must have gone from the Uttarādhyayana into the Mahāpratyākhyā na. Again, the twelve primary canons have been mentioned in this work" and it is evident that they had been composed before the Mahā- pratyākhyāna Prakīrnaka.
As far as the case of Niryukti literature is concerned, eight verses of Mahāpratyākhyāna are found in it. Out of these eight, too, the most are found in the Oghaniryukti. We feel that these verses have been taken into the Oghaniryukti from Mahāpratyākhyāna, because the Mahāpratyākhyāna has been mentioned in the Nandīsūtra while the Oghaniryukti has not been so mentioned therein. Therefore, it has to be believed that Mahā-pratyākhyāna had been composed before the Oghaniryukti. On the basis of this evidence it is quite logical to assume that these verses have gone from Mahāpratyākhyāna into the Oghaniryukti.
7+ Mahāpratyākhyāna, verse 102.