Book Title: 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
attain a human birth and will achieve final emancipation. In short it treats about Ekāvatārins, most of whom are the sons of King Seniya. It may be noted that the kathās given here are not everywhere complete, but portions of the former ones are referred to, in short, in the latter ones. In the 3rd vagga we have a description of Dhanya's body immensely reduced on his having practised austerity. This description begins with his feet and ends with his head. The last sutta mentions some of the noble attributes of Lord Mahāvīra. Cf. Namo' thu nam.
PAṆHĀVĀGARAŅA
This work somehow looked upon as the 10th Anga is divided into 10 ajjhayanas1 out of which the 1st five deal with asrava and the last five, with samvara.2 We find herein names of anarya tribes (s. 4) and those of 9 grahas (planets). The contents of this work widely differ from those of Paṇhāvāgaraṇa noted in Thāna and Nandi. In Nandī this work is said to have consisted of 108 praśnas,3 108 apraśnas and 108 praśnāpraśnas, vidyātiśayas and discourses of saints with Nagakumāras and other Bhavanapatis. Malayagiri Sūri interprets praśnas, apraśnas and praśnaprasnas as under:
" या विद्या मन्त्रा वा विधिना जप्यमानाः पृष्टा एव सन्तः शुभाशुभं कथयन्ति ते प्रश्नाः तेषामष्टोत्तरं शतं, या पुनविर्द्या मन्त्रा वा विधिना जप्यमाना अपृष्टा एव शुभाशुभं कथयन्ति तेऽप्रश्नाः तेषामष्टोत्तरं शतं, तथा ये पृष्टा अपृष्टाश्च कथयन्ति ते प्रश्नाप्रश्ना: '
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Thus it will be seen that the extinct work mostly dealt with vidyās and mantras.
Dr. Amulya Candra Sena has written a critical introduction to this Anga.
VIVĀGASUYA
This 11th Anga deals with the fructification or matured fruits (vivāga)5 of deeds, bad and good, done in previous births. This work is
1 See p. 114.
3
Cf. “प्रश्नितस्य जीवादेर्यत्र प्रतिवचनं भगवता दत्तं तत् प्रश्नव्याकरणम्"
2 In s. 21 we have 60 synonyms for ahimsă.
-Siddhasena Gani's com. (p. 91) on Tattvärtha (1, 20)
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This is published by Richard Mayer in 1936.
5 Cf. “विपाकः कर्मणामनुभवस्तं सूत्रयति दर्शयति तद् विपाकसूत्रम्"
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-Siddhasena Gani's com. (p. 91) on Tattvärtha (1, 20)
6 This may remind a Bauddha scholar of Avadanaśataka and Karmasataka.
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