History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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THE EXTANT ÄGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
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occurring in ajjhayana IV of Dasaveyaliya tally almost word for word, with the ending portions of Āyāra (II, 15)'.
(iii) Ajjhayaņa VII of Dasaveyāliya can be compared with Āyāra (II, 4) so far as ideas and phraseology are concerned.
(iv) Ajjhayana X of Dasaveyaliya has many a point in common with Uttarajjhayana (XV). For instance, both have the same title, the same refrain for every verse, the same metre? and the same topic viz. the qualities of an ideal monk.
In this connection it may be noted that Prof. A. M. Ghatage has reproduced in his article "Parallel Passages in the Daśavaikālika and the Acāranga"3 30 paras from Āyāra II and certain verses from Dasaveyāliya to show their verbal agreement. He has ended this article on p. 137 as under :
"All these considerations go to show that out of the two parallel texts the one found in the Dasavaikālik is the older and is preserved in the original form while the prose of the Acāranga is younger and is a mutilation of the original verses."
My tentative suggestions are :
(i) Not only Dasaveyaliya is based upon the Puvvas but equally so are all the 5 Cūlās of Āyāra i. e. to say Ayāra (II), and Nistha, though in the Ayāranijutti,4 only Nistha is so mentioned.
(ii) The original source for both of these Āgamas is in verse and that, too, probably in Prākrta.
(iii) Ayāra (II) was composed prior to Dasaveyaliya; but, since the original verses were modified therein into prose, it appears to be posterior to Dasaveyaliya' where the verses must have been kept intact.
In II, 9 there is mention of a plant named Hadha, and in II, 6 and
1. Prof. Walther Schubring, in his intro. (p. iv) on Dasaveyaliya observes :
"It is evident that Dasav. 4 I-V, 5 and 7 show a very close connection with passages in the Cūlão of the Āyäranga, the existence of which, together with that of the
Viyāhapannatti and the Ditthivāya, is presupposed by Dasav. 8, 49." 2. This appears to be a strange combination of Tristubh and Vaitāliya padas. 3. This has been published in New Indian Antiquary (vol. I, No. 2, May 1938, pp. 130
137). 4. See p. 105.