Agam 39 Chhed 06 Mahanishith Sutra

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

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MAHĀNISIHA STUDIES AND EDITION IN GERMANY
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arham. dharmântho 'pi na dhammarthah, kusthito 'pi na kusthitah / şaddhāyatâlva-varno 'sti mahâścurya-nidhāna-bhūh (/[IA] tatrabhūn Nitidhāh śreşthi muktā-manir ivójjvalah/ babhūva (gr]hiņi tasya Lakşmir guna-ganânvitā 11 1 Vasr)ddhamāna-padâmbhoje varddhamāna-ratih sada /
Anandakhyah .. .. .. .. samjāto nandanas tayoh // 2 ////). 2. Siglum: C. Palm-leaf Ms., 238 Folia (or 239 Foll. in Cat.ŚBh.Cby). For description etc. see Peterson, 1st Rep.,p-(87), No.143; Hamm, MNSt.C,p.8; Deleu, MNSt.B,p.3; and Muni Punyavijaya, Cat.ŚBh.Cby,p.60, No.34. 3. Muni Punyavijaya records on pp.60-62, as No.35, a third palm-leaf Ms., dated samvat 1317, of the Cambay collection. It consists of 243 Folia and ends with a donor's verse in Prakrit followed by a remark in Sanskrit'. This Ms. remained unused by Schubring and others in Germany, although it was listed by Peterson, Ist
Report,p.(87), No.142, and as such was surely known to them. · 4. For these Cambay Mss. see also āco Vijayakumudasūri's Gujarāti Cat. śri Kaibhāt, Sāntinātha prācina tādapatriya jaina jñānabhandāranī sūcipatra (with Muni Śri Punyavijayaji's introduction) (Cambay, samvat 1997), p.30-1, No.126.1, and p.401, No.145.1, which is mentioned by Deleu, MNSt. B,p.3.
92.3 Poona (= Pune), Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 1. Siglum: P. Paper Ms., 56 Folia. For description etc. see Schubring, MNSt.A, p.3 (and plate: fasc. of one side each of three Poona Mss.); Hamm, MNSt.C,p.8; Deleu,
16 Compare the modern surname Khadāyată which is frcqucnt in Gujarat.
17 In this lacuna in Hamin's text, Muni Punyavijayaji reads: Sresthah.
18 This interesting versc, already cited by Peterson (1st Report,p.(57), No.142), but not by Hamm, is followed by a remark in Sanskrit (missing in both, Peterson and Hamm); thcsc arc quoted by Muni śri Punyavijayaji (Cat.SBh.Cby.):.
ālhi-āminisey'attha putthiyā siri-Mahānisihassa /
Rapala-susūviyae lihüviya tera-sutturuse 1317 II CHA 11 (Skt.:) fri-Rüpala-pustika Mahānisitha-gramthah Il atra samcaye yatha Mahānisitho likhyate tathā vidhyeyam / yatan .2-Südhārana etad-visuyc brhad-bhaftārakair ūdisfo 'sti. uia etal-likhüpun a-visaye 'suu protsähaniyah 11.
There are now live Mss. of the MNA in the BhORI collection, as registered by H. R. Kapadia in his Cat.BhORI.17.2, pp.29-36, No.457-461; they are: (1) 165 of 1881-82, (2) 792 of 1892-95, (3) 178 of 1873-74, (4) 228 of 1871-72, (5) 1308 of 1886-92 respectively.