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THE CANONICAL NIKSEPA
(Jinabhadra pp. 118 ff.).
ANALYSIS: Nos.66 14, 6815, 69 16 each form one sutra. All the five nikşepas (they are not contiguous) agree in their subject with the general context. They were obviously transferred from Nandī to Bhagavati (and not vice versa). The structure of all members of the pentad is identical (and different from that of No.71918). In Nandī, the word "samāsao" in the programmes of the pentad is always preceded by a pronoun ("tam" in Nos.66 14, 68915, 69916, 70917; "se" in Nos. 30, 32-34) which stands for the catch-word. Examples of se samāsao/tam samāsao (Bhagavati passages influenced by the Nandī) are also found in the following: Nos. 23-27: 985-9; 31; 35-37: 3810-12). "samāsao" in Nandī indicates a previous treatment of a more detailed character. This word has become a common expression in the niksepa nomenclature of the post-canonical literature. Short questions ("se kim tam ...?") and the word "samāsao" in the programme (also the word "tattha" introducing in one case the execution) are peculiarities of Nandī (also of Anuyogadvāra) They mostly occur in connection with ramification (subdivision). In the execution of Nos 66914, 69$10, 70917, 7219 (also Nos. 35-37: 9810-12), each jñāna is replaced by its "possessor". For the remaining No.68915 (= No.33) see its text. For details about "se kim tam ...?" see No.53%29.
NOTES: rūvi-davvā im = "pudgala-dravyāni" (Abhayadeva on Bhagavati 8.2.323, Āgs p.3594). For "jāņai" (sakāra character of jñāna) and "pāsai" (darśana, anākāra character of jñāna) see Visesāvasyaka Bhā.760 (Jinabhadra p. 146); Malayagiri (pp. 137-138") on Nandi; Abhayadeva (Bhagavatī, Āgs p.3599); Haribhadra (PTS p.30: "jānāti višeşåkāreņa, paśyati sāmānyakāreņa"). For the - later - Nandī formula ("jāņai, na pāsai": No.70917; also Prajñāpanā 30.661-63 (S.II, pp. 513-15]) and the - earlier - Bhagavati formula ("jāņai pāsai": No.30) see LEUMANN, Ubersicht p.40°, lines 55 ff. and pp.419-41. For "jānai, na pāsai" (beside the reading "jāņai pāsai") in No.72919 (= No.34) refer to Haribhadra (PTS p.95) and Abhayadeva (Bhagavati 8.2.323, Āgs pp.3580-359). For the Pāli parallels refer to the PTS Dictionary (p. 1150 "The use of the emphatic phrase jānāti passati is very frequent."). asamkhijjai (asamkhejjaya, asamkhyeyaka: Abhayadeva on Bhagavati 8.2.323, Āgs p.3594) = "innumerable". avaliyā is the smallest countable unit of time. ussappini/osappini is the ascending/descending half of the time-wheel (SCHUBRINGS 120; DELEU p. 284). According to JACOBI, this is a later improvement of an earlier concept (SBE 45, p. 17, note 1). For details about time measurement see Anuyogadvāra 137-43 (S.II, pp. 1131-46); Višeşāvašyaka Bhā.2499-2554 on Āvasyaka Ni.503-17 (Jinabhadra pp.462-79); KIRFEL, Kosmographie pp. 337-39. khanda = "unit" (SCHUBRING $ 113), also = "continent" (e.g. in chakkhandam Bharaham). For avadhi-jñāna see LEUMANN, Übersicht p.419; SCHUBRING $78. For details about jñāna refer to the articles of JAINI and SHAH.
