Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Gacchachar Sutra

Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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PREFACE : XXIX
suttāini ibid.
The Published Editions Of Gacchācāra Prakīrṇaka -
Indications about many spiritually oriented Prakirnaka texts is found in the Arddhamāgadhi canonical literature. However, as these Prakirnka texts were not being traditionally studied, many of these were generally unavailable to the students of Jaina studies. Except a few, these Prakīrnaka texts had not been published at all. The realisation has, however, dawned that the subject matter of these Prakirnaka volumes is very important for the spiritually oriented aspirants and, therefore, they have been published in their original texts as well as in translations in Hindi, Gujarati, etc in the last few years. The description of the published volumes of the Gacchācāra Prakirnaka is as follows:
1.
Gacchācāra Prakīrnakam - This version of this Prakīrņaka was published, in 1928, by Āgamodaya Samiti, Vadodara as a part of “Prakīrnaka-daśakam', a joint volume of ten Prakīrnakas, which carries the original Prākrta texts of their verses with their Samiskrta shadow verses.
Śrī Gacchācāra Payannā - Two editions of this Prakīrnaka, translated by Muni Śrī Vijaya Rajendrasūriji, have been published under the title "Śrī Gacchācāra Pyannā". The first of these editions with Prākrta text and a Gujarati translation was published, in 1945, by Sri Amarchandji Dani from Dhansa (Rajasthan). It was reprinted in 1991.
The second edition, again
translated by