History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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COMPARISON AND EVALUATION
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Some of them are :
(i) The word leha occurs in Samavāya (LXXII), Uvāsagadasā (s. 7), Pajjosaņākappa (s. 210) and Jambūddīvapannatti (s. 30).
(ii) Samavāya (XVIII) supplies us with a list of 18 lipis. Punnavanā (s. 37) gives us practically the same list ad verbatim. But Hemacandra's commentary (p. 256) on Visesāo gives altogether a different list of 18 lipis. A third type of the list is furnished by Kalpadrumakalikā (p. 203).
(iii) Samavāya (LXVI) notes 46 letters of the Bambhi (Brāhmī) script; but Abhayadeva Sūri is not in a position to say for certain as to which these 46 letters are.
(iv) Shapes of some of the letters in different scripts are recorded in the canonical literature. For instance shapes of ta and tha are noted in the commentary (p. 256) on Visesā, those of dha and na by Malayagiri Sūri in his commentary (p. 188a) on Nandi and those of ca and dha by him in his commentary (p. 464) on Avassaya, that of ma in the Puskarasāri lipi in the Cunni on Kappanijjutti (v. 44) etc.
(v) Five types of Mss. are mentioned in Thāna (IV, 2), Nisthavisehacunni, Haribhadra Sūri's commentary (p. 25) on Dasaveyāliya etc.
(vi) Rāyapaseniya (s. 43) furnishes us with a list of nine materials associated with writing.
Educational topics - These are discussed in the canonical literature, and they have been treated by me in J. S. E., prepared in connection with the Research Grant given to me in 1938. So I shall here note only a few points:
(i) Five types of svādhyāya are referred to in Țhāņa (s. 465).
(ii) When is artha to be taught and in what manner ? This is discussed in Nandi (s. 59).
(iii) A curriculum for the study of the Jaina scriptures is furnished by Vavahāra (X).
(iv) A question of the relative importance of jñāna and kriyā is treated in Anuogaddara (s. 152) etc.
(v) 29 types of pāpaśruta are mentioned in Samavāya (s. 291).
1. My article A detailed Exposition of the Nagarī Gujarati and Modi Scripts partly published
in the Annals of B. O. R. I. (vol. XIX, pt. I) and "%ld Hat CASE45, avaleru stell 2442 [LAL" published in 6 instalments so far, in the "Forbes Gujarati Sabha Traimāsika", may be also consulted.