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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
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ANTAGADADASĀ This 8th Anga consists of only one suyakkhandha. It has 8 vaggast with 10, 8, 13, 10, 10, 16, 13 and 10 ajjhayanas2 respectively. It deals with the lives of the Antakytkeralins or those who attained omniscience when they were about to die and who on their death became Siddhas (liberated ). The narratives given here are not complete by themselves. For instance, the narration of Prince Goyama given in the 1st ajjhayana goes only so far as the dream of Dhāriņi; for a further link up to the list of wedding presents we have to take passage mutatis mutandis, from the Bhagavaż (XI, II; s. 430); then, after two short paras taken from this 8 and 5th Angas respectively, the material upto the taking of the vows is to be supplied from the 6th Anga; and thereafter this 8th Anga gives a little bit of information which gets completed on our referring to the 5th Anga.
The 1st 5 vaggas supply us with some information about the city of Bārāvai (Sk. Dvārāvati), Vasudeva, Devakia and her 8 sons, Kaņha (Sk. Krşņa) being the 7th, and the destruction of Bārāvai.
In the 6th vagga we have the story of Muggarapāņi and that of Prince Aïmuttas. The latter is a riddle story, its seed, so to say being implanted in the following riddle:
"जं चेव जाणामि तं चेव न जाणामि । जं चेव न जानामि तं चेव जानामि"6
The 7th vagga mentions the names of the 13 queens of Seņiya and the 8th, penances such as Rayaņāvalī, Kaņagāvali, Sihaņikkiliya (small and big ), Savvaöbhadda (small and big ) and Muttāvali. 1 This shows that this Anga is wanting in 2 sections. So some are inclined to
interpret its title as 'the fortunes or vicissitudes of the Antagadas'. They
do not translate dasā as 'ten'. 2 See p. 106, fn. 1. 3 Cf. 3777a:-FACT 17 eur au aratatat care a reta arrar frakten: "
-Siddhasena Gani's com. (p. 91) on Tattvärtha (1, 20) 4 At the sight of her lst 6 sons she experiences a similar condition as done
by Devānandā and described in the 5th Anga. See p. 129, fn. 1. 5 For a portion of his life see the 5th Anga (V, 3; s. 187). 6 Cf.-"TRTH TET HÅ 8 764 7 a : 3fastrá fartaf fastahagraat 11"
-Kenopanışad (II)
