Critical Introduction to Panhavagara

Author(s): Amulyachandra Sen
Publisher: Amulyachandra Sen

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The contents of the extant version of the 10th Anga, as declared in its introductory verses, profess to deal with "the essence of the scriptures relating to an haya and samvara" Anhaya and samvara are respectively the 3rd and 5th of the seven fundamental principles or tattvas of Jamna dogmatics1) Anhaya is the inflow" of kamma-puggalas into the soul which results in its losing its pristine perfection and leads to its worldly bondage (bandha), by samvara such inflow is made to stop The five anhayas are the five cardinal sins of killing life, falsehood, stealing, unchastity and possession of property The text deals with the first sin according to this scheme,
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Section A
its nature,
B
its epithets,
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the ways in which it is committed,
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its consequences,
D those who commit it,
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later on, however, when going into the details, this order of sequence has not been adhered to, for, the enumeration of those who kill life is preceded by the consequences of killing
The first five chapters deal in due order with these five cardinal sins and have been called, at the end of the first clause of each chapter as well as at its close, the respective ahamma-dāras, "the gate) of the first sin", "the gate of the second sin" etc The scheme of the first chapter has also been adhered to in chaps 2—5, with this change only that the ways in which the respective sin is committed and those who commit it, have not been treated separately as in chap 1, but have been mixed up together The last five chapters deal with the stoppage of sin (samvara) The work therefore divides itself broadly into two parts, viz
I the Gates of Sin, and
II the Gates of Prevention of Sin
In the second part of this study, entitled "Special Investigation", Section A in all the chapters relating to the inflow of sin has been
1) Tat Sut 14, for the correct derivation of anhaya from snu, 'to flow', see Hultzsch, ZDMG, 72, p 149
2) dāra, this term usually denotes 'item' etc