Canonical Literature Of Jainas

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

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CHAPTER II
CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS
Jainism deals with five kinds of knowledge (nāņā). One of them is known as suya-nāņa (Sk. sruta-jñāna). It can be roughly translated as scriptural knowledge. It is derived from the reading or preaching of scriptures or through an object known by sensitive knowledge (ābhiņibohia-nāņa3). It can be variously classified. According to one of the classifications, it is two-fold: (i) angapavittha (Sk. anga-pravista) and (ii) ananga-paviṭṭha (Sk. anangapravista). The former means 'contained in the Angas', and the latter, 'not contained in the Angas'. Ananga-pavittha is designated as anga-bahira (Sk. anga-bāhya), too; for, it comprises works standing outside the Angas-not belonging to the Angas.
1
Cf. the following sutra of Nandi:
"नाणं पंचविहं पन्नत्तं तं जहा - आभिणिबोहिअनाणं सुअनाणं ओहिनाणं मणपज्जवनाणं केवलनाणं ।" (सु. १) The following sutia of the Tattvartha (1) may be also referred to: “मतिश्रुतावधिमनःपर्यायकेवलानि ज्ञानम् ।" (सू. ९)
2 " श्रुतमाप्तवचनमागम उपदेश ऐतिह्यमाम्नायः प्रवचनं जिनवचनमित्यनर्थान्तरम्.” This line OCcurring in the Bhasya (p. 88) on Tattvartha (I, 20) gives the synonyms
of śruta.
3 This is also known as mai-nāņa.
4
(i) This is borne out by the following sutra occurring in Nandi: “सुयनाणपरोक्खं चोद्दसविहं पन्नत्तं तं जहा - अक्खरस्यं १ अणक्खरसुयं २ सण्णिसुअं ३ असण्णिसुअं ४ सम्मसु ५ मिच्छतुअं ६ साइअं ७ अणाइअं ८ सपज्जवसिअं ९ अपज्जवसिअं १० गमिअं ११ अगमिश्रं १२ अंगपविहं १३ अणंगपविट्टं १४।" (सू. ३८)
(ii) Devendra Suri in his Kammavivaga (v. 6) has mentioned these very 14 varieties, but in the following verse, he has referred to 20 varieties:
"" पज्जय १ अक्खर २ पय ३ सङ्घाया ४ पडिवत्ति ५ तह य अणुओगो ६ । पाहुडपाहुड ७ पाहुड ८ वत्थू ९ पुव्वा १० य ससमाता ॥७॥”
5
See the ending portion of the 1st part of the above fn.
6 Cf. "तं समासओ दुविहं पण्णत्तं तं जहा - अंगपविट्टं अंगबाहिरं च । ” - Nandi (s. 44 )