Canonical Literature Of Jainas

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

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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS The latter word occurs in Pascakappabhāsa.'
Though the word 'Cheyasutta' thus occurs as early as the date of Āvassayanijjutti, there is no mention about the number of Cheyasuttas till we come to a very very late date. The earliest source which I remember at present, and which mentions the number and names of Cheyasuttas is Bbāvaprabha Sūri's com. (p. 94) on his own work Jainadharmavarastotra (v. 30). There this Sūri who attained this status in Samvat 1772 says: "37e Falaftet 9 HETनिशीथ २ व्यवहार ३ दशाश्रुतस्कन्ध ४ बृहत्कल्प ५ जीतकल्प ६ इति षट् छेदप्रन्थाः।"
On this very page he has quoted the following verse which shows that in his days at least, the number of the Cheyasuttas was fixed as six:
"इकारस अंगाइ ११ बारस उवंगाइ २३ दस पयन्नाई ३३।
छ छेय ३९ मूल चउरो ४३ नंदी ४४ अणुयोग पणयाला ४५॥" In modern days, too, the very six works noted above are looked upon as Cheyasuttas. Furthermore, Jiyakappa is considered as a Cheyasutta owing to the extinction of Pañcakappa which used to be looked upon as the 6th Cheyasutta. In this connection, it may be mentioned that some of the modern Jaina Munis believe that Pañcakappa formed a part and parcel of the Bhāsa on Kappa, and somehow it came to be looked upon as a separate treatisea case similar to Ohanijjutti and Pindanijiutti. I am not at present in a position to point out either the actual date since Pañcakappa began to be considered as a separate treatise or the actual date when it got lost. It is however suggested in Jaina granthāvali (p. 16 )3 that Pascakappa was available till Samvat
1 In Visehacunni (XVIII, fol. 469), we come across this word in the fol
lowing lines quoted by Muni Kalyāņavijaya, in his article " qut qiza” published in Jaina Yuga (1, 3, p. 87):___ “णिसीहमादियस्स छेदसुत्तस्स जो अत्थो आगतो सुत्तं वा मोकलाणि वा पच्छित्तविहाणाणि मंताणि वा जोणिपाहडं वा गातो अण्णत्थागाहेति"
This is also called Dasā and Ayaradasā as well. 3 “પંચક૯૫નું મૂલ સંવત ૧૬૧૨ સૂધી મોજુદ હતું, પણ હાલમાં તે ગુમ થયું છે. એના સંબંધ
બહુ શોધ કરતાં પણ એની પ્રત હાથ આવી નથી. ડેક્કન કૉલેજના સંગ્રહમાં પણ તે મલી નથી. ફક્ત એટલો પત્તો મર્યો છે કે ખંભાતમાં ગરજી દેવચંદજીના પાસ જે પુસ્તક છે તેમ તે પ્રત પાના ૧૦ ની તેની ટીપમાં લખેલી જણાય છે તો તે ત્યાં હોવાનો સંભવ છે, માટે સૂત્રરુચિશોધક જનેએ ત્યાં તપાસ કરવી જોઇયે છીએ.”