History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE ĀGAMAS
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Cūlās and the last two, as the two Cūlas of Dasaveyaliya. This will show that the two Cūlās of Dasaveyaliya are composed and assigned a place in the Jaina scriptures during the life-time of Sthülabhadra and his Guru Bhadrabāhusvāmin, too; for, narration about the 4 Cūlās takes place soon after Jyesthā's conversation with Bhadrabāhusvāmin. According to some printed editions, there are verses expounding these Cūlās, and they form a part of Dasaveyaliyanijjutti, and thus the Cūlās under consideration belong to the same period as that of Bhadrabāhusvāmin. It may be that these verses come from the pen of one who composed bhāsa on Dasaveyaliya. If so, we cannot argue on the basis of these verses alone, that they belong to the period of Bhadrabāhusvāmin. Anyhow, we may, for the time being, assume that the two Gülās are composed during the life-period of Bhadrabāhusvāmin; but even then the question of the order of these two Cūlās with Pindanijjutti and Ohanijjutti remains practically unsolved.
So far as Āvassaya is concerned, its authorship is either attributed to to Indrabhūti or to a contemporaneous śrutasthavira. Of course, here, by Āvassaya, I mean that portion of Avassaya on which we have Bhadrabāhusvāmin's Nijjutti and not the entire portion rightly or wrongly included in Āvassaya at present. If we were to accept the view of the majority that Āvassaya was composed by Indrabhūti on the very day he composed dvādaśāngi, it certainly deserves a place prior to the rest of the Mūlasuttas.
Bhadrabāhusvāmin's Nijjutti (v. 4) throws light on the authorship of Uttarajjhayaņa which consists of 36 ajjhayanas. There it is said that some of the ajjhayaņas are taken from Anga, some are propounded by Jina, some by Pratyekabuddhas, and some are discourses (samvādas). Vadivetāla śānti Sūri in
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