Canonical Literature Of Jainas

Author(s): H R Kapadia
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay

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GENESIS OF THE JAINA SCRIPTURES
which says that on 14 Puvvas being composed, the remaining portion of Ditthivāya was composed, and then the 11 Angas commencing with Ayāra and ending with Vivāgasuya. But this seems to be the natural course to have been followed; for, it is too much to believe that the composition of the 14 Puvvas was immediately followed by that of the 11 Angas, thus leaving the remaining 4 sections of Ditthivāya to be attended to, last.
From the above survey we come to the conclusion that 12 Angas were no doubt composed, but the difference of opinion exists with regard to their order of composition, some believing Ayāra to be the first and Ditthivāya to be the last, whereas others believing Ditthiraya to be the first and Āyāra, Süyagaờa and other Angas as following it.
This finishes the question about the composition of 12 Angas, but there remains one more knotty problem to be tackled before we can finish the discussion about the genesis of the dvādaśāngi. It refers to the order of the composition of the various sections of Ditthivāya. As already noted on p. 6, there are five sections of this Ditthivaya viz. (1) Parikamma, (2) Sutta (at times used in plural), (3) Puvvagaya, (4) Aņuoga and (5) Cūliyā. Now we find that these 5 sections are mentioned in two different orders in the religious works of the Jainas. For instance, Nandī, on one hand, mentions the five sections in the order noted above, whereas some works such as Hemacandra Sūri's Abhidhānacintāmani (II, 160), Devendra Sūri's com. (p. 17) on his own work
com. (pp. 1306-1313 ) on Samavāya. Siddhasena Gani has also endorsed this very view in his com. (p. 208b) on Pavayaņasäruddhāra. In Siddhasena Gani's bhāşyānusăriņi tikā (p. 94) on Tattvärtha (1, 20 ) and in Trișaști ( x, 5, 172 ) only one view is mentioned i. e. to say 14 Puvvas were first composed. Anyhow we can see that there have been two views propounded in this connection at least as early as the date of the Cunni
referred to on p. 4. i "fa-2a-galau-gana-afect: Ya
fearaat: gaffo agetuft garà 11 880 11" 2 "परिकम्म १ सुत्त २ पुव्वाणुओग ३ पुब्बगय ४ चूलिया ५ एवं ।
पण दिट्टिवायभेया चउदस पुवाई पुचगयं ॥"