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 antagonists Jamālil and others, and those of his contemporaries who were the followers of Lord Pārsvanātha. Further this Anga (VII, 8; s. 299) mentions Vajji Videhaputta who conquered nine Mallas rulers and nine Lecchal rulers. It furnishes us with information about the initiation of Jayanti, sister of the father of King Udayana.2 Over and above this in the 9th saä (33; s. 380) we come across the various tribes to which the female attendants of Devānandā belonged.? Names of the 16 jātis, grahas and heretical sciences viz. the 4 Vedas, Itihāsa, Nighantu, Vaidika Upāngas and Sastitantra4 are here mentioned. Albrecht Weber in a note to his famous Lectures on the History of Indian Literature (2nd German edn., 1876) has referred to the atomistic theory of Jaina philosophers as found in this fifth Anga.
NĀYĀDHAMMAKAHĀS
This is the 6th Anga. Its name is mentioned in Samskrta in two or
ys, and it gives a nice food to one interested in etymological discussions. This 6th Anga is divided into two suyakkhandhas named as Nāya? and Dhammakahā.8 The former has 19 subdivisions, each styled as ajjhayana; and the latter has 1010, each styled as vagga. Further, each vagga has subdivisions, each known as ajjhayana. 1 See IX, 33. 2 See XII, 2. 3 “चिलाइयाहिं वामणियाहिं वडहियाहिं बब्बरियाहिं ईसिगणियाहिं जोण्हियाहिं चारूगणियाहिं पल्लवियाहिं ल्हासियाहिं
fent ret afach per fiat qaror qif Haqreff.” (s. 380). Cf. the 6th Anga (s. 18) and the 10th (s. 4). 4 For details about this work see Purătattva (V, p. 81). 5 This is also named as Nayasuya. Vide Nāyādhammakahā (II; p. 246b). 6 See Malayagiri's com. (pp. 2300 and 231a) on Nandi and " OF 46TIKA CYT311"
(p. 179), a Gujarātī translation of the 6th Anga. 7-8 Each of these names occurs in plural. 9 Their names are given in the following verses of this very work :
"उक्खित्तणाए १ संघाडे २ अंडे ३ कुम्मे ४ य सेलगे ५ । तुंब ६ य रोहिणी ७ मल्ली ८ मायंदी ९ चंदिमा १० इय ।। दावद्दवे ११ उदगणाए १२ मंडक्के १३ तेयली १४ वि य । नंदीफले १५ अवरकंका १६ अतिने १७ सुसमा १८ इ य ।। अवरे य पुंडरीयणायए १९ एगुणवीसतमे ।"
It is said that out of these, the 14th ajjhayana may be compared with Avassayacunni (pt. II) where paccakkhāna is explained. 10 “दोच्चस्स णं भंते ! सुयक्खंधस्स धम्मकहाणं समणेणं जाव संपत्तेणं के अढे पन्नत्ते ? एवं खलु जंबू ! समणेणं
Ha fino 740hETT HAM T'' -II, 1; s. 148. 11 Their respective numbers are 5, 5, 54,54, 32, 32, 4, 4, 8 and 8. The total comes
to 196.