History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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Gani Ksamāśramana, names of the 3 different sets of Païnnagas, the date of Jinavallabha Gani, a reference to 36 Nigamas, 10 names of Ditthivāya, 10 ajjhayaņas of Dīhadasā and the names of 10 Dasās).
III Transmission of learning in olden days, 18 lipis taught to Brāhmī by Lord Rşabha, her father, reasons for not writing the Vedas etc. in ancient times, the main object of Jaina saints for not reducing their sacred literature to writing, penalties for violation, an irony of fate, 12-year famines in the times of Skandila Sūri and Nāgārjuna Sūri, councils summoned at Mathurā and Valabhī by these Sūris, the redaction of the Jaina canon under the presidentship of Devarddhi Gani Kșamāśramaņa, differences of opinion regarding its date, 9 important features of this redaction, codification and composition of the Jaina canon as different entities, allegations of some of the Digambaras in connection with the Śvetāmbara canonical literature, and their refutations and the nondevelopment of its exegesis at the hands of the Digambaras.
(References to 12-year famines in the times of Bhadrabāhusvāmin, Arya Suhastin and Vajrasvāmin, the Hāthigumphā inscription of the Emperor Khāravela, council at Pāțaliputra, the 3 Bauddha councils, mention of the Nāgārjunīyas, vannäa and peyyālam, artifices employed while writing Mss., the code of Jainism, and the 3 periods pertaining to the history of Zoroastrianism).
An infinite number of the Tirthankaras, loss of more than infinite dvādaśāngīs and Païnnagas, oblivion of Ditthivāya during the famine, approach to Bhadrabāhusvāmin, the gradual dissipation of the 14 Puvvas, mention of some of the Pūrvadharas, the complete extinction of Ditthivāya in Vira Samvat 1000, the Digambara view about the loss of 14 Puvvas and that of 11 Angas, the Digambara list of persons conversant with 14 Puvvas, 10 Puvvas, 5 Puvvas, 11 Angas and 1 Anga, reasons assigned for the loss of Puvvas by Professors Weber, Jacobi, Schubring, L. Alsodolf and others, Vīra Samvat 683, the Digambara date of the complete loss of the holy canon, extinction of Mahāpariņņā (i.e. Āyāra, I, 7) and its date,
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