History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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A HISTORY OF THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
available at present is genuine; for, it almost tallies with Suriyapannatti ad verbatim. So if this is not genuine, it must be looked upon as lost.
So far as the 6 Cheyasuttas are concerned, some portion of Mahanistha must have been lost in the days Haribhadra Sūri tried to restore it, when several leaves of its Ms. got decayed. As stated in its 3rd ajjhayana, by this time several Nijjuttis, Cunnis and Bhāsas composed to explain Pancamangalasuyakkhandha had become extinct. This Pancamangalasuyakkhandha was once a separate work by itself, and was later on incorporated in a mūlasutta by Vajrasvämin, who had a padānusarini labdhi.3
In Jaina Granthāvalī (p. 16) it is said that there were 3 vācanās of Mahānisha. Out of them only the brhadvācanā is available now.
So far as Pañcakappa is concerned, it is not available now; but its Cunni and Bhāsa exist.
Turning to Païnnagas we find that only very few are available at present. For, firstly, out of 14,000 Painnagas, only 60 have been specifically mentioned in Nandi, and so probably a majority of them were lost in those days. Secondly, out of these 60 works, 12 kāliya works are lost. Their
1. Cf. the following 26th verse of Siddhāntāgamastava :
"प्रणमामि चन्द्रसूर्यप्रज्ञप्ती यमलजातके नव्ये ।
गुम्फवपुषैव नवरं नातिभिदाऽर्थात्मनाऽपि ययोः ॥२६॥" 2. "एत्थ य जत्थ जत्थ पएणाणुलग्गं सुत्तालोवगं न संपज्जइ । तत्थ तत्थ सुयहरेहिं कुलिहि य दोसो न दायव्वो त्ति ।
किंतु जो सो एयस्स अचिंतचिंतामणिकप्पभूयस्स महानिसीहसुयक्खंधस्स पुव्वायरिसो आसि तर्हि चेव खंडाखंडीए उद्देहियाइएहिं हेऊहिं बहवे पत्तगा परिसडिया तहावि अच्चंतसुहमत्थाइसयं ति । इमं महानिसीहसुयक्खंधं कसिणपवयणस्स परमसारभूयं परं तत्तं महत्थं ति कालिऊणं । पवयणवच्छल्लते (ते) णं बहुभव्वसतो(त्ता)वयारियं च काउं तदा य आयहियाट्ठयाए आयरियहरिभद्देणं जं तत्थायरिसे दिटुं त (तं) सव्वं समतीए साहिऊणं लिहियं ति ॥ अन्नहिं पि सिद्धसेणदिवायर-बुडवाइ-जक्खसेण-देवगुत्त-जसवद्धण-खमासमणसीसरविगुत्त-णेमिचंदजिणदासगणिखमगसव्वरिसि (? सच्चसिरि)पमुहेहिं कु(जु)गप्पहाण सुयहरेहिं बहुमनियमिणं ति" -D.C. J. M.
(vol. XVII, pt. II, pp. 32-33) 3. "एयं तु जं पंचमंगलसुयक्खंधस्स वक्खाणं तं महया पबंधेणं अणंतगमपज्जवेहि सुत्तस्स य पिहब्भूयाहि निज्जुत्ती
भास-चुण्णीहिं जहेव अणंतनाणदंसणधरेहिं तित्थयरेहिं वक्खाणि(यं) तहेव समासओ वक्खाणिज्जंतं आसि । अहन्नया कालपरिहाणिदोसेणं ताओ निज्जुत्ती-भास-चुन्नीओ वुच्छिन्नाओ इउ (? ओ) य वच्चंतेणं कालसमएणं महिड्डीपत्ते पयाणुसारी वयरसामी नाम दुवालसंगसुयहरे समुप्पन्ने तेणेयं पंच-मंगलमहासुयक्खंधस्स उद्धारो मूलसुत्तस्स मज्झे लिहिओ मूलसुत्तं पुण सुत्तत्ताए गणहरेहिं अत्थत्ताए अरहतेहि भगवंतेहि धम्मतित्थकरेहिं तिलोगमहिएहि वीरजिणिदेहि
पन्नवियं ति । एस वुड्डसंपयाओ।" -Ibid., p. 32 4. “બૃહતુટિપ્પનિકામાં એની લઘુવાચના, મધ્યમ વાચના અને બૃહદ્વાચના એમ ત્રણ વાચના અનુક્રમે શ્લો.
૩૫૦૦-૪૫૦૦-૪૫૪૮ની નોંધી છે, પણ હાલમાં એની બૃહદ્વાચના જ ઉપલબ્ધ થાય છે. ”