Agam 39 Chhed 06 Mahanishith Sutra

Author(s): Punyavijay, Rupendrakumar Pagariya, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Granth Parishad

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MAHĀNISÏHA STUDIES AND EDITION IN GERMANY
Wiss. 1914
Ser. No.1876, profusely from the single Ms. of the MNA, Ms.or.fol.764. It was on the basis of this Ms. only, which is not of much value”, that Weber dealt with the MNA in his HTJ (= SLJ). A second Ms., acquired by the State Library in 1892, was then utilized and later described by W. Schubring (see 12.1.2 and 1.3). 11.3 Schubring, Jn-Hss. 1944
Die Jaina-Handschriften der Preussischen Staatsbibliothek Neuerwerbungen seit 1891 unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Günther Weibgen beschrieben von
Walther Schubring. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz. 1944. XIII,647 pp. This is, besides the Verz. of Weber (cf. 11.2), the most important catalogue of Jaina Mss. located in the State Library of Germany in Berlin. It describes, mostly with citations from the Mss., a total of 770 codices containing 1125 "texts". The Cat. begins with an Introduction and ends with five Appendices. Also see Janert, ABCIM,p.31,#24. Under Ser. No.92 (p.40), it deals briefly with Ms.or.fol. 1887, which was used by Schubring in MNSt.A. In MNSt.B and C it was used but rarely as it is defective.
The following four items (1.4-7) are the main contributions as yet on the MNA. 11.4 Schubring,.MNSt.A. 1918
Das Mahānisiha-sutta. Berlin: Verlag ... Reimer. (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akadernie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Jahrgang 1918, Phil.
hist.Klasse, No.5.) 1918. 102 pp. 1 plate. In this monograph Schubring deals exhaustively with the MNA on the basis of two Mss. in Berlin and three from Poona. The Mss., however, did not then suffice for preparing an edition. This is the first and basic contribution of Schubring, and is often mentioned in the subsequent Studies. The sections are: 1. Introduction (pp.1ff.); 2. Contents (pp.10ff.); 3. Survey (pp.32ff.); 4. Parallels (pp.50ff.); 5. Teachings (pp.64ff.); 6. Monastic Rules (pp.78ff.); 7. Language (pp.84ff.); 8. Summary (pp.95ff.). (See also the overview in 11.8.)
11.5 Hamm / Schubring, 1951 = MNSt.C.
Studien zum Mahānisiha. Kapitel 6-8 von Frank-Richard Hamm und Walther
Schubring. Hamburg, Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien,6.1951. 116 pp. This volume contains:
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3 See c.g. Weber, SLJ,p.181-2 ("The single copy which I have by me, and that a very incorrect onc"); p.183,1.12 ("In this faulty condition of the Ms."); and also Schubring in MNSLA,p.3 ("Dic beiden in Berlin befindlichen Hss. ... sind freilich, ... kaum zu benutzen; um so mehr ist der Scharfblick Webers zu bewundern, mit dem er das für scinc Zwecke Wichtige gesehen hat.").