Doctrine of Liberation in Indian Religion

Author(s): Shivkumarmuni
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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6. Camdāvijjhaya (Candravedhyaka).
7. Devindatthaya (Devendrastava). 8. Gaṇivijjā (Gaṇividyā).
9. Mahāpaccakkhāņa (Mahā-pratyäkhyāna). 10. Vīratthaya (Virastava).
THE DOCTRINE OF LIBERATION IN INDIAN RELIGIONS
Two Culika-sutras are:
1. Nandisutta (Nandisutra)
2. Aņuogadārāim (Anuyogad vāra)
The Digambaras who do not accept the above mentioned Agamic literature of the Svetambaras as authentic, give a separate list of their canonical literature which is classified under four headings viz.,
1.
Prathamānuyoga, consisting of mythological legends such as Padmapurāṇa, Harivamsapurāṇa, Mahāpurāņa and Uttarapurāņa.
Triṣaṣṭilakṣaṇapurāṇa,
Karaṇānuyoga, consisting of the works on cosmology such as Suryaprajñapti, Candraprajñapti and Jayadhavalā.
3. Dravyanuyoga, consisting of the philosophical works of Acarya Kundakunda, the Tattvärtha-sūtra of Umāsvāti and the Aptamimāmsā of Samantabhadra.
Caraṇänuyoga, consisting of the works on rites and rituals of monks and laymen, such as the Mūlācāra and the Trivarṇācāra of Vaṭṭakera, and Ratnakaraṇḍaśrāvak ācāra.
The canonical literature of the Svetambaras is written in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit, whereas the Digambara Agamic literature is in Śauraseni Prakrit. Besides these two Prakrit languages, the Jainas also used Mahārāṣṭri-Prakrit, Apabhramśa and Sanskrit languages.
Besides these canonical works, the vast Jaina literature also includes four other categories, viz., the Niryuktis, the Bhāṣyas, the Curņis, and the Ţikās.
GROWTH OF JAINA LITERATURE
The contribution of Jainism to the growth of Indian languages and literature is immense. The Jaina canonical texts reveal the growth of different Indian languages as they were interpreted by different teachers in different languages through a series of commentaries known as Niryuktis, Curnis, Bhāṣyas and Tikās. The Jaina authors have written on various subjects in different languages like Prakrit, Apabharamsa, Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Gujarati, etc. In this way they made significant contributions to the development of many languages. Modern Jaina authors have enriched the wealth of
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