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
190 mentions sublimbs (upangas). Verses 198-200 deal with karanasan astrological item, and v. 212-235 treat the subject of 17 kinds of death etc. Verses 146-148 mention the ingredients of the best scent-perfume and v. 151 those of an excellent wine. Verse 149 deals with the preparation of a pill, and v. 150 informs us about the diseases that can be cured by it. Verses 124, 126-128 and 130-134 have the same last foot viz. "Ri Rui." From Vadivetāla Santi Suri's com. (p. 141) on v. 142 it follows that Dasaveyaliyanijjutti is prior to this Nijjutti.1
Āyāranijjutti-This metrical composition contains about 350 verses. It extends up to the 4th Cūlā of Ayāra. It, too, supplies us with nikkevas of various words.2 Verses 18-27 deal with 7 vannas (castes) and 9 vaṇṇantaras etc., and v. 43-59 discuss 10 directions. Various living beings along with their varieties form the subject of v. 43-166. Therein the earth-bodied, water-bodied, fire-bodied, vanassaï, the mobile and the wind-bodied are treated in v. 71-79, 107-108, 117-118, 127-143, 152155 and 165-166 respectively. Verses 228-231 are the pādapūrtis of “usia f."3 In v. 264 there is mention of Ajja Vaira and in v. 266, that of Tosali. These are anachronisms, and hence these verses must have been added at the time of the Redaction of the Jaina canon. On examining v. 1764 and Śilanka Suri's com. (p. 76a)5 on it, it follows that Avassayanijjutti was composed earlier than this Ayāranijjutti, and from v. 298-2996 and 313 it follows that this Ayāranijjutti is posterior to Dasaveyāliyanijjutti. Besides it is posterior to Uttarajjhayaṇanijjutti as well, as can be seen from v. 3437 and its com. (p. 397b)8.
1. “ एतदूव्याख्या च दशवैकालिकनिर्युक्तावेव निर्युक्तिकृता कृतेत्यत्रोदासितं "
2.
आयार (v. 5), अंग (v. 5), बंभ (v. 18), चरण (v. 29), सत्थ ( v. 36 ), सणां (v. 38), दिसा (v. 40), पुढवी ( v. 69), सम्म (v. 216), विमुक्ख (v. 308), etc., are some of them.
3.
Cf. Satarthika Somaprabha Suri's Kumāravālapaḍiboha (I; p. 27). Herein Bhadrabahusvāmin says: “ for."
4.
5. “भद्रबाहुस्वामिनाऽयमतिदेशोऽभ्यधायि, स च पूर्वमावश्यकनिर्युक्तिं विधाय पश्चादाचाराङ्गनिर्युक्तिं चक्रे, तथा चोक्तम्- 'आवस्सयस्स दसकालियस्स तह उत्तरज्झमायारे' ति सूक्तम् ।"
6. “ पिंडेसणाए जा णिज्जुत्ती सा चेव होइ सेज्जाए । वत्थेसण पाएसण उग्गहपडिमाए सच्चेव ॥ २९८॥
सव्वा वयणविसोही णिज्जुत्ती जा वक्कसुद्धीए । सच्चेव णिरवसेसा भासज्जाए वि णायव्वा ॥ २९९ ।।
7. " जो चेव होई मुक्खो सा उ विमुत्ति परायं तु भावेणं । देसविमुक्का साहू सव्वविमुक्का भवे सिद्धा ||३४३||
8.
" नामनिष्पन्ने तु निक्षेपे विमुक्तिरिति नाम, अस्य च नामादिनिक्षेप उत्तराध्ययनान्तःपातिविमोक्षाध्ययनवदित्यतिदेष्टुं नियुक्तिकार आह ।”
परिण्णा ( v. 37 ),
257 ), इरिया (v.