Canonical Literature Of Jainas

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

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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE ĀGAMAS
The anga-pavittha suya-nāņa has 12 sub-divisions, each of which is known as an Anga'. Thus it is identical with the dvādaśāngā which consists of 12 Angas viz. Āyāra etc., and which is so often referred to as duvālasanga ganipidaga (Sk. dvādaśānga ganipitaka ) in the canonical works of the Jainas. These 12 Angas are looked upon as the 12 limbs (angas ) of a fruta-puruşa or the fruta personified. They are: 2 pādas (feet), 2 janghās3 (lower legs), 2 zīrusu ( thighs ), 2 gātrārdhas ( back and belly), 2 bāhus (hands), 1 grīvā (neck) and 1 siras (head).5 Āyāra and the other 11 Aigas are respectively compared with these limbs so that Āyāra and Süyagada stand for the feet of the sruta-puruşa, whereas Ditthivāya, for the head. On the other hand, so far as ananga-pavittha suya-nāna is concerned, it does not form a part and parcel of this fruta-puruşa;for, it comprises such scriptures as are not included in the dvādaśāngi. This furnishes us with only one of the definitions of the two kinds of suya-nāna above referred to; for, there are two more. According to one of them, what is composed by the Ganadharas is anga-pavittha whereas what is composed by Śrutasthavirasz is ananga-pavittha. According to the other definition,
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Anga is also known as Ganipidaga. This is what I surmise from the following line occurring in Samavāya (s. 57): "तिण्हं गणिपिडगाणं आयारचूलियावज्जाण सत्तावन्नं अज्झयणा पन्नत्ता, तं जहा-आयारे सूयगडे ठाणे"
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For instance we come across "gatott TITS" twice in Samavāya (s. 148)
and great for sit” in sūtras 1 and 136 of this very work. See also . p. 14, fn. 2. 3-4 In The Standard Sanskrit English Dictionary by L. R. Vaidya, the
meanings of these words are respectively given as "leg from the ankle to the knee" and "the thigh." That a distinction is made between jarghā anil iru in Jaina works is borne out hy Samarāiccacariya (vide the
description of Aggisamma given in the 1st bhava ). 5 Cf. the following verse occurring in the Cunni (p. 47) on Nandi:
“पादयुगं जंघोरू गातदुवगं च दो य बाहू ता । गीवा सिरं च पुरिसो बारसअंगो सुतपविट्ठो॥" 6 See the opening lines of fn. 1 of p. 22.
A Śruta-sthavira means one conversant with ? hāna and Samavāya, Cf. « zro-
A q ui FAO furie gy41"-Thāna (III, 2; s. 159),