Agam 39 Chhed 06 Mahanishith Sutra

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

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III.846 (p.71). Also cited and discussed by Sch.MNSt.A,p.5, No.3. tahā osannesu jāņe, n' ettham lihijjai. pāsatthe nāņa-m-ādiņam. sacchande ussuti'-ummagga-gāmi. sabale nettham lihijjati gantha-vitthara-bhayão. bhagavayā uņa ettham patthāve kusil'ādi mahayā pabandhenam paņņavie. ettham ca jā jā katthai ann'-anna-vāya.jā, sā sumuniya-samaya-särehim no paoseyavvā, jao mūl'-ādarise c'eva bahum gantham vippaņaţtham. tahim ca jattha jattha sambandhåņulaggam gantham sambajjhai, tattha tattha bahuehim suyaharehim sammiliūņam s'angevanga-duvālas'-angão suya-samuddão anna-m-anna-anga-uvanga-suya-kkhandha-ajjnayan-uddesagāņamsamucchiņiūņa kimci kimci sambajjhamāņam ettham lihiyam, na uņa sa-kavvam (= sva-kāvyam) kayam ti.
Deleu,p.149: (1) Moreover: as to the languid (monks) (avasann.) know that nothing is written in this [book). (2) The inert (monks] (patrívastha) (are to be classified] in connection with knowledge etc. (3) The self-willed (monks] (svacchanda) wax in a wrong way, deviating from the sacred texts. (4) The stained (monk] (sabala) is not described here lest the book become too voluminous. (5) Yet on this occasion the Venerable One has dealt with the kušilas etc. in a great commentary (prabandha). (6) And in case this or that variant (of the text) should come to light, it must not be rejected by the experts in the doctrine, because in the original copy much text has been lost. (7) Besides, wherever a coherent and continuous text [had to be constructed, a congregation of many Doctors has gathered some (passages) from the books, chapters and lessons (uddeśa) of the different Angas and Upångas of (that) ocean of Tradition, the Twelve Sections of Angas and Upangas, has brought them together (and) has written them here. Yet they have not given products of their own.
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Sesam tu Praśnavyākarana-vsddha-vivaraņād avaseyam. "The rest has to be understood from the old commentary on the P."