History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS With these words about the order of the loss of the different sections of Ditthivāya I shall now resume the question about the nature etc. of the remaining extinct works, and shall accordingly commence with the works of the kāliya suya.
I Khuddiyā-Vimanapavibhatti-- This is an ajjhayana dealing with the vimānas which may or may not have entered avalikā. It is the 1st ajjhayaņa of Sankhevitadasā (vide p. 59, fn. 2). From Samavāya (s. 37, 38 and 40) we learn that this ajjhayana had at least 3 vaggas, the 1st having 37 uddesaņakālas, the 2nd 38 and the 3rd 40 respectively. This ajjhayana used to be prescribed as one of
the text-books to a Sadhu whose diksāparyāya was of 11 years. II Mahalliyā-Vimānapavibhatti-This work has the same subject-matter
as the above one, the only difference being that it treats it at a greater length. This is the 2nd ajjhayana of Sankhevitadasā (vide p. 59, fn. 2). From Samavāya (s. 41-45) it can be seen that this work had at least 5 vaggas, the uddesanakālas of which were 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 respectively. This ajjhayana was also one of
the text-books for a Sadhu of 11 years' standing. III Arunovavāya? This is an ajjhayana dealing with the samaya (code)
and upapāta of Aruna, a god. As stated in Nandicunni (p. 49) Aruna approaches a saint who is engaged in the gunana of this ajjhayana. He then respectfully hears the same from him. On this being completed he requests that saint to ask for a boon; but the latter declines to do so. Thereupon he circumambulates the saint and returns to his celestial abode.2 This work is the 6th ajjhayana of Sankhevitadasā, and it is sātisaya (vide p. 87, fn. 4). It was one of the text-books for a Sadhu of 12 years' standing, the other textbooks being Garulovaväya, Dharanovavāya, Vesamanovavāya and
Velandharovavāya. V-IX Varunoνανάγα, Garuloνανάγα, Dharanoνανάγα, Vesamanoναναγα,
Velandharovavāya and Devindovavāya.-All these except the 3rd and
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This is mentioned in Avassayacunni (pt. 1, p. 35). In this connection, Abhayadeva Suri in his com. (p. 513b) on Thāna (s. 756) observes :- "gara a asfazla ya wafa" According to Haribhadra Sūri's com. (p. 962) on his own work Pañcavatthuga (v. 585) this was one of the text-books for a Sadhu of 12 years' standing.
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text-books" foroa' sådhu' of n2 years standing thus