Book Title: History of Canonical Literature of Jainas
Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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________________ THE EXTANT ĀGAMAS OF THE JAINAS 121 religious purpose behind them. They excite interest and arrest attention, are free from sectarian spirit and are useful to persons of any and every school of thought. Such is the opinion expressed by Mr. D. B. Kalelkar in Gujarātī, in his foreword to the Gujarātī translation of this work. This Anga (I, 1; s. 17), too, supplies us with names of some of the anārya tribes. Furthermore it mentions 16 jewels3 (I; s. 16) and 72 kalās (I; s. 20), and refers to 18 Deśī languages (I; s. 22), 4 Vedas and Sasthitantra, 16 diseases4 (XIII; s. 100) etc. In IX; s. 90, we come across a pretended elegy of Rayanadīvadevayā. In passing it may be noted that in this Anga, there are used reduplicatives6 e.g. (5)+(3)#4 (IX; s. 80), Saša (IX; S. 80), etua (IX; s. 81), FHAPAHTU (I; s. 27) etc. While concluding this topic, I may mention that in this Anga we come across some graphic descriptions e.g. those of the bed-chamber of Dharani (I; s. 9), a voyage (VIII; S. 69), a Piśāca (VIII; s. 69), a ship-wreck (IX; s. 80) etc. Moreover, the six seasons are described in 6 verses, one for each of them (vide IX; s. 81). In the end it may be remarked that the Mss. of this 6th Anga present 1. The narrative of 4 daughters-in-law of a merchant given in VII (s. 63) may be cited as an instance. For its extract in English see A His. of Ind. Lit. (vol. II, p. 446). 2. This has been published in the Puñjābhāi Jaina Granthamālā No. 3, 1931. 3. The pertinent lines are : "रयणाणं १ वइराणं २ वेरुलियाणं ३ लोहियक्खाणं ४ मसारगल्लाणं ५ हंसगब्भाणं ६ पुलगाणं ७ सोगंधियाणं ८ जोइरसाणं ९ अंकाणं १० अंजणाणं ११ रयणा (? या)णं १२ जायरूवाणं १३ अंजणपुलगाणं १४ फलिहाणं १५ रिद्धाणं १६ अहाबायरे पोग्गले परिसाडेई" This same passage occurs almost ad verbatim in Rayapaseniya (s. 8). By Tyu is here meant u. Ten gems are noted in Kummāputtacariya in the following verse : "Atifete- 9U-HOT-T2-5rGFIICITU Tech- 4-46R TS-55-4fceTi 119811" In Arthadīpikā (p. 1594) 60 kinds of jewels are mentioned. 4. See pp. 107 and 126. 5. This is perhaps the earliest to be met with, in the Jaina literature. 6. It may be noted in this connection that an interesting article entitled Reduplicatives in Indo-Aryan and written by Dr. S. M. Katre has been published in "Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute" (Vol. I, no. 1, pp. 60-70), and a list of onometopoetic words occurring in Puspadanta's Näyakumāracariya (an Apabhramsa work of the 10th century) is given in its edition by Prof. Hirālāl Jain on p. lvii. HIST.-16 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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