Agam 45 Chulika 02 Anuyogdwar Sutra

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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as standing for 'a state of mixture', which is borne out by the fact that, in the sutta No. 71, the totality of the six chapters constituting the Avassaya-suya-khamdha, is stated to be the no-agamao bhāvakhamdha. The English translation of no-āgamao as 'without scriptural knowledge' is, therefore, not expressive of the full connotation of the word.
The topic is brought to an end by the enumeration of words which stand for various kinds of groups or collections (sulta No. 72).
16. Now, instead of examining the word ajjhayaņa through nikkheva, as promised in sutta No. 7 (vide supra, 5) our Text (sutla No. 73) gives a list of the six topics constituting the subject matter of the Avašyaka sutra-a digression which takes the reader's breath away by keeping him in suspense until he arrives at the sutta No. 534. The digression however is defended on the ground that the treatment of ajjhayana through nikkheva will form a part of the ohanipphanna nikkheva, the first variety of nikkheva which is the second anuyoga-dvāra (vide sutta No. 534). The treatment is postponed in the interest of brevity to avoid reduplication. The Anuogaddarāim (vide sutta No. 75) provide an introduction to the Samaiya chapter of the Āvaśyaka Sutra and in this connection, they lay down four doors of disquisition (anuogadd ara), viz. uvokkama, nikkheva, anugama and naya. The word ajjhayana is treated through nikkheva while explaining the first of the three varieties of the second dara, and this is but done at the right place. Our Text has so far been engaged in defining the background of Samaiya which is the first chapter of the Avassaya-suya-khamdha by explaining the words avassaya, suya and khamdha through nikkheva. It now gets down to brass tacks by enumerating in the sutta No. 74 the titles of the six chapters of the Avaśyaka Sutra and counting the four doors of disquisition (in sutta No. 75) with reference to Samaiya, its first chapter.
17. The first door of disquisition, viz. uvakkama, is considered, following the stereotyped method of nikkheva under six heads, viz. (i) nāma, (ii) thavana, (iii) davva, (iv) khetta, (v) kāla, and (vi) bhāva (sutta No. 76). This door is considered yet in another way, which is more specific and appropriate, under the following six categories: (a) anupůvoł, (b) nama, (c) pamāņa (d) vattavvaya, (e) atthahigara, and (f) samoyāra (sutta No. 92).
The function of uvakkama is to initiate the collection of allied matter and foster a world view to find the exact context of the subject to be subjected to disquisition. This is demonstrated by Acārya
1. V Bh (B), 903.