History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS
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Ratnakarandasrāvakācara make up the fourth group known as caraṇānuyoga. This is what we learn from A His. of Ind. Lit. (vol. II, p. 474) where the following note occurs by way of substantiating this information :
"Cf. G. Bühler, in Ind. Ant. 7, 1878, p. 28 f.; Farquhar, Outline, 218 f.; Guerinot, La religion Djaina, p. 81 ff., 85 f. A somewhat divergent division of the Anuyoga is given by S. C. Ghoshal in SBJ, I, p. XI." Adipurāna (XXXIV, 135 ff.) and Harivamsapurāna (II, 92 ff.) give some information about the 12 Angas.
We may now end this chapter by noting that the number of the Agamas was fixed as 45 at least by the time Viyarasāra was composed, and this number is acceptable even now to several Mürtipūjaka Svetāmbaras look upon 11 Angas, 12 Uvangas, 6 Cheyasuttas, 4 Mülasuttas, 10 Painnagas, and 2 Cūliyāsuttas as the 45 Āgamas. Some of them however believe that the number of the Āgamas is 84 consisting of the following works :
11 Angas, 12 Uvangas, 5 Cheyasuttas, 3 Mülasuttas, 30 Païnnagas, 2 Cūliyāsuttas, Pakkhisutta, Khāmaņāsutta, Vandittusutta, Isibhāsiya, Pajjosaņākappa, Jiyakappam Jaijiyakappa, Saddhajīyakappa, 10 Nijjuttis, Pindanijjutti, Samsattanijjutti and Viseśāvassayabhāsa.
The late Rajendralal Mitra in his Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (vol. III, p. 67) has given a list which is strikingly different from the traditional one.
1. These are also known as Suttas and Siddhānta as well. 2. This has been published from Calcutta, in A. D. 1874.