Canonical Literature Of Jainas

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

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The CANONICAL LITERATURE ON THE JAINAS
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is the case with Malayagiri Sūri' who has commented upon Uvaigas 2 to 7 viz, Rāyapaseniya?, Jīvābhigama), Pannavaņām, Sūrapannatti, Candapannatti and Jambuddivapannatti. In his com. on the 3rd Uvaiga, he refers to an earlier com., but he has not mentioned the commentator. So this does not help us. His com. on the 7th Uvanga was lost at least by the time Prameyaratnamai juşa was composed 8 in Samvat 1661. So this also does not improve the situation.
Śricandra Sūri has commented upon Uvaigas 8 to 12, in Samvat 1228. But he is silent so far as the number of the Uvangas is concerned. So it now remains to be seen as to what Haribhadra Sūrio, well-known as the dharmasinu of Yākini Mahattará has said in his com, on Pannavanā, the 4th Uvanga. It exists in a Ms. form.to On going through the first few folios of one of its Mss., I came across the following line:—
- "तचाङ्गोपाङ्गप्रकीर्णकायनेकभेदमिदं...अपवर्गावहमिति कृत्वा तदेकदेशभूतप्रज्ञापनाख्योपाङ्गप्रदेशानुata: griyà 1"
This only informs us that Pannavanā is an Uvanga; but it throws no further light on this problem.
1 He was a contemporary of Kumārapāla; for, in some of his works he has
said कुमारपालराज्ये and in his grammar he has said: "अरुणत् कुमारपालोऽरातीन्."
"UTFAYF? 38à gira " (p. 19). 3 "acterstar Ferrari...... father Natur BansfertszítcatureTfenth." . (p. 12). 4 astrafa : Farů: ?...... 9 Fatre agerturat” (p. 24 and p. 26). 5 It seems, nowhere in the com., it is said that it is an Uvanga, much
less that it is an Uvanga of such and such an Anga, 6 The com. on this work is in a Ms. form and is not available to me at present. 7 See the ending portion of fn. 3. 8 "उपाङ्गानां च मध्ये प्रथममुपाङ्ग श्रीअभयदेवसूरिभिर्विवृतं. राजप्रभीयादीनि षट् श्रीमलय गिरिपादेविवृतानि,
पञ्चोपाङ्गमयी निरयावलिका च श्रीचन्द्र प्रभ] सूरिभिर्विवृता, तत्र प्रस्तुतोपाङ्गस्य वृत्तिः श्रीमलयगिरिHTTSO Hafa sau a fogai" According to Gāthāsahasri composed in Samvut 1630, he died in Samvat 535. Another tradition which can be traced till the 13th century gives 529 A. D. as the date. But several modern scholars believe that he lived
from A. D. 700 to 770 or so. 10 For a My. See D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. I, pp. 203-204).