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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
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tail out of it. Even then some lines are given by me in D. C.J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. I, pp. 383-384). From this we learn that this work is composed by Panhapravana Muni, and it is copied in Samvat 1582. In another place, we notice the name Praśna śravana mahāmuni. Some take this work to be the same as Jonipahuḍa, but I have grave doubts about it. See my "Preface" (p. xxiv) to D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. III). In the introduction (p. 6) to Nirvanakalikā it is said: "Dharasena composed the Yoni-prabhrita about 135 A. D." that we
Dukkhamapahuḍa and Nadayavihipähuda-It seems have no description available of any one of these Pahudas. All the same, it may be inferred that the latter must be dealing with dramas and their staging.
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Nimittapahuda-This is defined in Kahavali as under:" जत्थ उण केवलियाजोइससयणाइनिमित्तं सुत्तिज्जइ तं निमित्तपाहुडे ।"
From this it follows that it deals with nimittas including astrology (jyotis) and the science of dreams. It may be noted that nimitta includes jyotis; if not, it would have been separately mentioned in Nisiha etc., where the Jaina clergies are forbidden to get alms by yogacurna vidya and nimittaprayoga.
Nimitta is defined in Visesa (v. 2163) as under:
"लक्खिज्जई सुभासुभमणेण तो लक्खणं निमित्तं ति । भोमाइ तदहविहं तिकालविषयं जिणाभिहियं ॥ "
That nimittajñana is looked upon as valid can be seen from the following verse occurring in Suyagada (I, 12, 9):"संवच्छरं सुविणं लक्खणं च निमित्तदेहं च उप्पाइयं च । अहंगमेयं बढ़वे अद्दित्ता लोगंसि जाणंति अणागयाई॥" Nimitta may be either eight-fold or six-fold. The former is referred to in the following gathā:
"भोम सुमित लिक्खं दिव्वं अंगं सरलक्खणं तह य । वैजणमहविहं खलु निमित्तमेव मुणेयव्वं ॥"
When nimitta refers to happiness, misery, profit, loss, life and death, it is looked upon as six-fold. It seems that Gosāla knew this six-fold nimitta; for, in Viahapannatti (xv; s. 539) it is said that he knew six types of nimitta. In Silanka Suri's com. (p. 218) on Suyagada we come across the following passage:
"अत्र चाङ्गवर्जितानां निमित्तशास्त्राणामनुष्टुभेन छन्दसा अर्धत्रयोदश शतानि सूत्रं तावन्त्येव सहस्राणि वृत्तिः तावत्प्रमाणलक्षा परिभाषेति । ”
