History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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A HISTORY OF THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
Mahāsumiṇabhāvaṇā
This work deals with great dreams.1
Teyaganisagga
This work has for its subject-matter a discharge of a fiery substance. The acquisition of tejolesya3 and perhaps that of sītaleṣyā may have been treated in this work.
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Kappiyākappiya This is a work which deals with the two topics viz. kalpa (what should be practised or is acceptable) and akalpa, its opposite.
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Culla-kappasuya-This work explains what is kalpa. Its title suggests that it is a smaller treatise as compared with Mahākappasuya.
Mahā- Kappasuya - This work, too, deals with kalpa. It is so named either because it is voluminous or because it is deep in meaning. This is probably a Cheyasutta; but, on that account it is not possible to identify it with any of the six well-known Cheyasuttas. It will be a folly to think that this work is the same as Kappa (Bṛhatkalpasūtra); for, it is mentioned over and above Kappa, in Visesā° (v. 2295) 4
As stated in the Bhāsa (p. 108b) on Vavahāra (X), Vaggaculiyā is a Culiya of Mahākappasuya.5 The pertinent verse is as under :
1. In all there are 72 dreams. Out of them 30 are great as stated in Pajjosanākappa (s. 73). But the Bhāsa (p. 109t) on Vavahāra (X) says as under :
" इच्छंती सुसुमिणा बायाला चेव हुंति महासुमिणा ।
बायत्तरि सव्वसुमिणा वन्निज्जंते फलं तेसिं ॥११४॥”
2. This may be due to a penance or the study of this work. This is what is said in the following verse of Bhāsa (p. 110 ) on Vavahāra :
"तेयस्स निसरणं खलु आसीविसत्तं तहेव दिट्ठबिसं ।
लद्धीतो समुप्पज्जे समहीएसुं तु एएसु ॥ ११७ ॥"
" अंगाणमंगचूली महाकप्पसुयस्स वग्गचूलीओ । विवाहचूलिया पुण पण्णत्तीए मुणेयव्वा ||१०७ ||6
3. See Viāhapannatti (XV; s. 548 ).
4. See p. 34.
5. Abhayadeva Sūri in his com. (p. 513 ) on Thāna (s. 755 ) however strikes a different note. For, he says:
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'अङ्गस्य - आचारादेश्चूलिका यथाऽऽचारस्यानेकविधा, इहोक्तानुक्तार्थसङ्ग्राहिका चूलिका, वग्गचूलिय त्ति इह च वर्ग :अध्ययनादिसमूहः, यथा अन्तकृद्दशासु अष्टौ वर्गास्तस्य चूलिका वर्गचूलिका, विवाहचूलियत्ति व्याख्याभगवती तस्याश्चलिका व्याख्याचूलिका ।"
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6. Malayagiri Sūri while commenting upon this says:---
'अङ्गानामुपासकदशाप्रभृतीनां पञ्चानां चूलिका निरावलिका अङ्गचूलिका महाकल्पश्रुतस्य चूलिका वर्गचूलिका व्याख्या पुनः प्रज्ञप्तेः - व्याख्याप्रज्ञप्तेश्चूलिका मन्तव्या ।" - p. 108b