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3. The Period of Pramāņa Vyavasthā (from 8th cent. -
17th cent. A.D.). 4. The Period of Navya Nyaya (17th cent. A.D. upto -
Modern Age 2006). 1.1 The Period of Āgama-s
It is a fact worth noting that though the two sects, i.e. svetambaras and digambaras, differ in many aspects, but with regard to the theory of anekāntavāda, they do not. As far as the development of anekāntavāda is concerned, it can be said that it is not very old. From the historical point of view, the last tīrthankara of Jain religion, Lord Mahāvīra, is the originator of the tripadī of anekāntavāda, i.e. a thing which consists of origination, cessation and permanence'.
According to the sixteenth chapter (śataka) of Bhagavati Sūtra, śramaņa Mahāvīra before attaining kevala-jñāna, dreamt ten dreams in the temple of sulpaņī yakṣa at Asthika village. Among these ten dreams, the third dream was of a male-cuckoo with strange wings, and by seeing it he was awakened. According to Bhagavatī Sūtra, this dream meant that Lord Mahāvīra would interpret a strange kind of svasamaya (vāda) and para-samaya (vāda). 2
taạnan samane bhagavam mahāvīre vicittam
sasamayamparasamaiyam... ityāsdi.
tatra gautamaswāmină nişdyātrayena caturdaśa pūvāni grhītāņi. pranipatya prcchā nişadyocyate bhagavānscācaste- "uppannei vā, vigamei vā, dhuvei vā". etā eva tistro nişddyāḥ āsāmeva sakāśādganabhrtām "tupādavyayadhrauvyayuktam sat” iti pratitirupajāyate, anyathā sttāayogāt. tatasca te pūrvabhava bhāvitamatayo dvādasāngamupa-racayanti, 'Haribhadra ki tīkā Āvasyakusūtra', p. 277a, Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia, A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jains', Surat, 1941, as quoted on p. 3."
Angasuttāṇī II. Vācanā Pramukha, Ācārya Tulsī. Ed. Yuvācārya Mahāprajña. Ladnun: Jain Vishva Bharati, 1997, p. 729
