Doctrine of Jainas

Author(s): Walther Shubring, Wolfgang Beurlen
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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DOCTRINE OF THE JAINAS and the same applies to the two other Goyamas (s. a.). All three appear with eight more as the eleven "group-lcaders" (ganahara) of Mahāvīra's, since, however, two times two of them share in leading a gana, we have but nine "groups" (Thān. 451b) each comprising 300, 450 or 500 monks. For these statements as well as for the following the Therāvali annexed to the Jinacariya is responsible ($ 1.2). It adds that merely Indawhūi and Suhamma (to whom we shall rcfer presently) survived Mahāvīra Thus also Jinac. 127 says the same of Indabhūi who when his master had passed away cut thc bond of attachment towards him, since for love there is no room in true monkhood. There can be scarcely any doubt that the other nine Ganaharas are fictitious for the purpose of dividing the followers of Mahāvīra and even the case first occurring in the 6th generation, acc to which a gana had two leaders, is already claimed for the origins. The Mandiyaputta mentioned by Viy. 181a ff also helped to establish that fiction Sudharman (Suhamma) was teacher of Jambū and is considered to be the originator of canonical texts as far as they are introduced passage-wise by the question of the latter for their contents. Hence they are supposed to render the wording Suhamma is said to have had from Mahāvīra personally. Acc to Therāv. 2 it was also Indabhūi and Suhamma who, after Mahāvīra's death, came to obtain the power of omniscience and acc. to the tradition rendered in Hc. Par. 4 also Jambū2. Suhamma is said to have died 20 years, and Jambū 64 years after Mahāvīra, they were the last of the Kevalıns, and thus the canonic text left by them is considered to be above any objection. All successive teachers up to Sthūlabhadra incl, are called śrutakevalın. Jambū's grandson-pupil by the way of Prabhava is said to have been Sayyambhava: (Sezambhava), who is considered to be the author of the Dasaveyālıya.
1. The 11 Ganaharas are dealt with by Āv 591-665
2 Since jambü is fem, as a proper name it will be an abbreviation such as other names may be suppossed to be Hemacandra in the Par avoids all cases other than the nom
3 This is considered to be the Sanskrit form, though probably it goes back to Svāyambhuva