Canonical Literature Of Jainas

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

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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
Before I deal with the 3rd group viz. Cheyasutta, I think, I should recapitulate the results arrived at, during this investigation about the names and the number of the Uvangas. They are:
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(1) There is no mention of the group Uvanga in any of the Angas.
(2) This word is not found in any canonical work earlier than Nirayavalisuyakkhandha.
(3) Its Samskṛta equivalent Upanga is met with in the Bhasya on Tattvartha, and in no other Samskṛta Jaina work prior to it, so far as I know.
(4) Only 5 Uvangas are mentioned in Nirayavalisuyakkhandha and 2 in the Bhāṣyānusāriņi tikās of Tattvartha, though more are alluded to, in these tikās.
(5) The earliest work to mention all the 12 Uvangas is Suhabohasāmāyārī.
(6) Viyarasara is perhaps the earliest work to note that some look upon Divasagarapannatti as the 12th Uvanga instead of Vahnidasă.
(7) It appears that none except Yaśodeva Suri mentions more than one Uvanga for any one of the Angas, and he, too, does so in the case of the 4th Anga only.
(8) The usual list of the 12 Uvangas is: (i) Ovavāïya, (ii) Rayapasenaiya, (iii) Jivabhigama, (iv) Pannavaṇā, (v) Surapannatti, (vi) Jambuddivapannatti, (vii) Candapannatti, (viii) Nirayavaliya, (ix) Kappavaḍimsiya, (x) Pupphiya, (xi) Pupphaculiya and (xii) Vanhidasă.
(9) Out of these, the 4th was regarded as Uvanga as early as the date of its com. composed by Haribhadra Sūri.
(10) Sulabohasamayari is perhaps the very first work to mention the 12 Angas to which the 12 Uvangas belong.
(11) Abhayadeva Sūri has noted that the 1st Uvanga belongs to the 1st Anga. Malayagiri Süri has similarly mentioned