Angsuttani Part 03 - Nayadhammakahao Uvasagdasao Antgaddasao Anuttaraovavai Panhavagarnaim Vivagsuya

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya, Nathmalmuni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Ananda, had practised above said eleven Pratimās. The Vratas are practised indenpedently, and at the time of fulfilment of Pratimās also. These Vratās and Pratimās are the two religious codes for an Upāsaka. In the Samawāyānga and the Nandi Sūtra, Vratā and Pratimā both are mentioned. The Jayadhawalā gives an account of Pratimās only.
ANTAGADADASÃO
The title
The present Āgama is the eighth of the Dwādaśāngi. The illustrious ones who put an end to the cycle of death and birth, have been narrated in it, and it has ten Adhyayanas. Hence the title 'Antagadadasāo'. The Samwāyānga tells us that it contained ten Adhyayanas and seven Vargas. The Nandi Sūtra says nothing about its Adhyayanas and only eight Vargas have been accounted for and in it. Sri Abhayadeva Sūri has tried to find consistency in these both. He tells us that the first Varga has ten Adhyayanas, therefore the Samawāyānga Sūtra mentions ten Adhyayanas and seven Vargas only. The Nandi Sūtra gives eight Vargas only with no mention of Adhyayanas. But this consistency cannot be maintained to the end, because the Samawāyānga gives us ten Siksha-kālas (Uddeśan kālas) of this Agama and the Nandi Sūtra gives only eight. Sri Abhayadeva Sūri admits that he does not understand the purpose behind the difference in the number of the Uddeśankālas'. The Chūrņikār of the Nandisutra, Sri Jinadas Mahattar and the Vrittikār, Sri Haribhadra Sūri also write that the present Āgama is given the title 'Antagadadasāo' as it has ten Adhyayanas in the first Vargas. The Chūrņikār takes the meaning of 'Daśā' as 'Awasthā' (condition) also 6.
Three traditions are found to narrate the present Āgama : firstly, that of the samawāyānga; secondly, that of the Tatwārtha Vārtika, and thirdly, that of the Nandi Sūtra.
1. Samawao, painnagasamawao, Sutra 96. 2. Nandi Sutra, 88. 3. Samwayanga Vritti, page 112. 4. Samawayanga Vritti, page 112. 5. (a) Nandi with Churni, page 68.
(b) Nandi with Vritti, page 83. 6. Nandi with the Churnipage 68. Dasatti Awastha.