Astronomy and Cosmology

Author(s): L C Jain
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur

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LITERATURE IN DIGAMBARA SCHOOL
The Digambara tradition, however, regards a part of agrāyaṇi. pūrva, Şatkhanļāgama (c. + 2nd century), as well as a part of jñānapravāda, Kasāyapāhuļa sutta (c. + 1st century), to be authentic compilation. Other works appear to be those of Kundakunda (c. + 5th century). The Karaņānuyoga group of Digambara literature is known to be in Lokavibhāga (present edition of + 11th century), Tiloyapauņatti (c. +51h century), Trilokasāra (c.+11 century) and Jambūdvípaprajñapti (c. earlier to +1461). CERTAIN CONTRIBUTORS
The Karaņānuyoga group of Svetāmbar literature may also found to be in kşetra samāsa, saņgraheni of Jinabhadragani. These have been modified and extended as Bșharkshetra samāsa and Brahat sa mgrahaņi (compiled by Candrasūri of+ 12th century). Then there are Laghukşetra samāsa of Ratnasekhara (c. + 14th century), Bșhatkşetra samāsa of Somatilaka (c. 14th century), vicārasāra prakaraņa of Devasūri (c.13th century), and Jyotişa karandaka-prakirņaka (c.-3rd century ?)
Nemicandra Shastri, in his Bhäratiya Jyotişa, mentions some astronomical texts of astro-theoretical era, compiled by Jaina astronomers. He mentions Mahāvīrācārya to have compiled Jyotisapatala which is available in part, relating motion, state and number etc. of planets, constellations and stars.34 He regards Sridhara, the compiler of Jyotirjñanavidhi, to have become Jaina in later years. Udayaprabhadeva sūri (c.+-1220) is said to have compiled ārambhasiddhi (vyarahāra caryā); whose commentator Hemahamsagani appears to have some prakrit texion planetary mathematics with him. A kannada astronomer; Rājāditya (c. +1120) appears to have compiled mathematical texts applicable to astronomy. Mahendrasūri (c. +1370) completed a work on Yantra rāja, on various celestial diagrams, commented by his disciple, Malayendusūri 35
Contributions to astronomy inay also be mentioned of Mahimodaya's pañcāngānayana vidhi (c. +1665), Labdhicandragani's janmapatri paddhati (c.+1693), and Bāghajímuni's tithisāriņi (c.+1726). Karņakutūhala vștti of Sumatiharşa (c. + 1626), Mahādevi Sāraại vịtti of Dhanarāja (c. +1635), Grahalāghava vstti of Yaśasvatasāgara (c. + 1703), Jyotirvidā bharaṇa vștti of Bhāvaprabha Sūri (c.+1711), Candrārki vștti of kịpāvijayā, may also be mentioned.36
The contribution to astrology has been excluded in the above.
34. op. cit. p. 91. 35. Published at Bombay, 1936, 36.
Cf. Nahata, A.C., Jaina Jyotişa aura Vaidyaka Grantha, Sri Jaina Siddhānta Bhāskara, vol. 4, no. 2, 1937, pp. 110-118. Cf. also, Jain, A., Some Unknown Jaina Mathematical works (Hindi), Ganita Bhārati, 4:1-2 ( 1982), 61–71.
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