History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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THE EXTINCT ĀGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
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except that for Kammappavāya, we have Samayappavāya and for Lokabindusāra, Bindusāra. For contents according to the Svetāmbara point of view, one may refer to the Cunni (pp. 57-58) on Nandi, Abhayadeva Sūri's com. (p. 1314 and 1316) on Samavāya, Siddhasena Gani's Tīkā (pp. 207-208)
Pavayanasaruddhāra etc. From these sources we learn : The 1st Puvva deals with the origin of all the dravyas and paryāyas; the 2nd, with their measurements (parimāna); the 3rd, with the potentialities-powers of the animate and inanimate objects; the 4th, with the existence and non-existence of objects from the stand-points of dravya, kşetra, kāla and bhāva; the 5th, with five kinds of knowledge; the 6th, with samyama and truth and their opposites; the 7th, with an exposition of atman from various stand-points; the 8th, with eight kinds of karman and their sub-divisions; the 9th, with pratyākhyāna; the 10th, with vidyās - miraculous lores*; the 11th, with merit and demerit and their fructifications; the 12th, with 10 types of prāņa and various kinds of ayusya; the 13th, with activities pertaining to Samyama etc.; and the 14th, with a subject not mentioned.
In the Cunni (pp. 57-58) on Nandi, in Malayagiri Sūri's com. on it and in Pavayanasāruddhāra (dvāra 92), the number of the padas each Puvva consists of, is given; but some times, they differ. e.g. in the case of the 1st, 7th, 8th and 10th Puvvas.
Incidentally it may be noted that as stated in Subodhikā, the quantity of ink required for writing the 1st Puvva equals the volume of one elephant, that for the 2nd, that of 2, for the 3rd, that of 4 and so on in G. P. so that for the 14th it equals that of 213 i.e. 8192 elephants.
Quotations from the Puvvas - Maladhārin Hemacandra Sūri in his com. on Visesavassayabhasa has at times given the ālāvagas etc. from the Puvvas. He believes that v. 117 of this Visesa which runs as under belongs to Puvvagaya :
"सोइंदिओवलद्वी होइ सुयं सेसयं तु मइनाणं
मोत्तूणं दव्वसुयं अक्खरलंभो य सेसेसु ॥११७॥ He ends the explanations of this verse with the words "sfa A THEY Tef:"3
1. A list of the names of the 14 Puvvas along with their contents is found in the
Digambara works, too, e. g. in Tattvārtharājavärtika (pp. 51-53). 2. It seems in doing so, he has probably followed Kotyācārya's com. on Visesão. 3. In Kotyācāryas com. (p. 53) we have : "sfa yarramientarief." * See page 210 of addition.