History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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THE EXTINCT AGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
_numbers are 11, 12, and 16-251. The following 5 additional kāliya works noted in Pakkhiyasutta are also lost :
Āsīvisabhāvaṇā, Diṭṭhīvisabhāvaṇā, Cāraṇabhāvaṇā, Mahāsumiṇabhāvaṇā and Teyaganisagga.
Turning to Nandi, we find that 14 ukkāliya works are lost by this time. Their_numbers are 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 23-272. From Pakkhiyasutta, no additional information can be had. Thus, in all 17 kāliya works and 14 ukkāliya works are lost so far as Nandi and Pakkhiyasutta are concerned. Taking Vavahāra (X) into account, we find that Uṭṭhāṇapariyāvaṇiya and Thimiṇabhāvaṇā3 are extinct, and looking to Thāna (X, s. 755) Dogiddhidasā and portions of some of the remaining 9 dasās 4 are extinct. Over and above these works, 147 adhyayanas recited by Lord Mahāvīra at the time of his nirvāṇa are lost, with the exception of those that may have been existing in the available Agamas.
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These are the extinct works I have been able to trace up till now. So I shall now try to give details about them as far as possible and shall accordingly commence with Diṭṭhivaya.
Diṭṭhivāya holds a unique place in the Jaina canon for several reasons, some of which are as under :
1. For their names see p. 23.
2. See p. 24.
3. "२० तिवासपरियायस्स समणस्स निग्गन्थस्स कप्पइ आयरपकप्पे नामं अज्झयणे उद्दिसित्तए । २१ चउवासपरियाए कप्पर सूयगडे नामं अङ्गे उद्दित्तिए । २२ पञ्चवासपरियाए कप्पर दस कप्प - ववहारे उद्दित्तिए । २३ अट्ठवासपरियाए कप्पइ ठाण-समवाए उद्दिसित्तए । २४ दशवासपरियाए कप्पइ वियाहे नामं अङ्गे उद्दित्तिए । २५ एक्कारसवासपरियाए कप्पइ खुड्डियाविमाणपविभत्ती महल्लियाविमाणपविभत्ती अङ्गचूलिया वग्गचूलिया वियाहचूलिया नामं अज्झयणे उद्दिसित्तए । २६ बारसवासपरियाए कप्पइ अस्णोववाए गस्लोववाए धरणोववाए वेसमणोववाए वेलंधरोववाए नामं अज्झयणे उद्दित्तिए । २७ तेरसवासपरियाए कप्पइ उड्डाणपरियावणिए समुद्वाणसुए देविन्दोववाए नागपरियावणिए नाम अज्झयणे उद्दित्तिए । २८ चोदसवासपरियाए कप्पइ ट्ठिमिणभावणा नामं अज्झयणे उद्दित्तिए । २९ पन्नरसवासपरियाए कप्पइ चारणभावणा नामं अज्झयणं उद्दिसित्तए । ३० सोलसवासपरियाए कप्पइ आसीविसभावणा नामं अज्झयणे उद्दिसित्तए । ३१ सत्तरसवासपरियाए कप्पइ दिट्ठीविसभावणा नामं अज्झयणे उद्दिसित्तए । ३२ एगूणवीसवासपरियाए कप्पइ दिट्ठीवाए नामं अङ्गे उद्दिसित्तए । ३३ वीसवासपरियाए समणे निग्गन्थे सव्वसुयाणुवाई भवइ ।”
Instead of giving the pertinent portion, I have here given the entire sutra as it throws light as to what works were known and probably even existed at least when Vavahära was composed; for, they form a curriculum.
4. See p. 51. fn. 2.