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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
(XVIII) Nisīha, Paccakkhāṇappavāya;1 (XIX) Dvādaśāranayacakra,2 Nāṇappavāya,3 (XX) Sayaga, a Puvva;4 (XXI) Pañcasangaha, a Puvva;5 (XXII) Sattariya, a Puvva;6 (XXIII) Mahākarmaprakṛtiprabhṛta, a Puvva:7 (XXIV) Kaṣāyaprabhṛta, Nāṇappavaya,8 and (XXV) Jivasamāsa, a Puvva (?), (XXVI) Samsattanijjutti, Aggāyaniya; (XXVII) Puyacovisī, a Puvva, (XXVIII) Kalyāṇakāraka of Ugrasena, Pānāu.10
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The language of the Puvvas-This is usually supposed to be Samskṛta and not Prākṛta. This view is probably based upon the following references:
(i) Vijayananda Suri in his Tattvanirṇayaprāsāda (p. 412) quotes the following verse with "34'' prefixed :
" मुत्तूण दिट्टिवायं कालिय- उक्कालियंगसिद्धंतं ।
थी - बालवायणत्थं पाइयमुइयं जिणवरेहिं ॥12
अनुग्रहार्थं तत्त्वज्ञैः सिद्धान्तः प्राकृतः कृतः ॥ 13 (ii) Prabhācandra Sūri in his (Vṛddhavādiprabandha, v. 114) observes:
" चतुर्दशापि पूर्वाणि संस्कृतानि पुराऽभवन् ॥ ११४॥ " आयारपकप्पो पुण पच्चक्खाणस्स तइयवत्थूओ । आयारनामधिज्जा बीसइमा पाहुडच्छेया ।। २९१ ।। "
-Ayāranijjutti
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In its commentary Simhasüri has said that there was Saptasatāranayacakra. So says Vädivetāla Santi Suri in his Païyaṭīkā (p. 68) on Uttarajjhayana and Hemacandra Sūri in his com. (p. 267) on Aṇuögadāra.
See Prabhavakacaritra (Mallavādiprabandha, v. 14).
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Haribhadra Suri in his commentary on Dasaveyāliya says: "बालस्त्रीमन्दमूर्खाणां नृणां चारित्रकांक्षिणाम् ।
Cf.
See the Hindi Prastāvanā (pp. 16-17) to Devendra Suri's Kammaviväga published by "Śrī Atmananda Pustakapracaraka Mandala in A. D. 1918. There it is said:
Prabhavakacaritra
" श्वेताम्बर - सम्प्रदाय में १ कर्मप्रकृति, २ शतक, ३ पञ्चसंग्रह, और ४ सप्ततिका ये ४ ग्रन्थ और दिगम्बरसम्प्रदाय में १ महाकर्मप्रकृतिप्राभृत तथा २ कषायप्रामृत ये दो ग्रन्थ पूर्वोद्धृत माने जाते हैं ।"
5-8 See fn. 4.
9 See Jivasamāsa (v. 285).
10 See ch. XXV, 54. Siddhasena Diväkara's Puja-cauvīsī is extracted from a Puvva. This Puja-cauvisi is published in Jaina Satya Prakāśa, Vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 1-2. 11 Up till now I have not been in a position to trace this Agama.
12 As stated in the upodghata (p. 9) to Paiyasaddamahaṇṇava (pt. iv), this verse is quoted in Acaradinakara by Vardhamana Sūri.
13 This verse occurs in Malayagiri Suri's com. (p. 60) on Pannavana and Municandra Suri's com. (p. 77) on Dharmabindu (ch. II).
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