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 EXEGETICAL LITERATURE
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written Ṭīkās and Bhāsas on several Agamas; but, now all of them are lost.
Jiyakappabhāsa is anonymous, and its extent is about 3300 slokas. There is one Ms. of it in the Limbdi Bhaṇḍāra. Its first 3 verses and the last 3 ones are given on p. 17 of the introduction to Jitakalpasūtra. Therein it is stated on p. 18 that this Bhasa is posterior to Siddhasena Suri's Jiyakappacuņņi.
Ohanijjuttibhāsa and Pindanijjuttibhāsa are each anonymous, and some of the verses of each of them have got mixed up with Ohanijjutti1 and Pindanijjutti2 respectively.
It may be noted that it will be committing oneself to say that any and every Bhāsa is older than one and all the Cunnis, though it is true that that Bhāsa on which we have a Cunni, is certainly anterior to that Cunni. Visesā is posterior to some of the Cunnis. Vuḍḍhabhāsa of Kappa is preceded by its Cunni and Visehacunni, and same is the case with Jiyakappabhāsa. Cunni is as a rule anterior to its corresponding Visehacunni, and it seems that in order that the latter may be distinguished from the former, the word viseha is added to it.
Just as Bhāsa is designated as Gāhā so Cunni seems to be styled as Paribhāsa, too. Cunnis3 seem to have been written on at least the following 20 Agamas:
(1) Ayāra,+ (2) Sūyagaḍa,5 (3) Viahapanṇatti,6 (4) Jīvābhigama, (5) Jambuddivapannatti,' (6) Nisīha, (7) Mahānisīha, (8) Vavahāra, (9) Dasāsuyakkhandha, (10) Kappa, (11) Pañcakappa, (12) Ohanijjutti,
1-2 See the printed editions of these works.
3 A commentary composed by Yativṛṣabha Acarya on Kaṣayaprabhṛta is known as Cūrṇisūtra.
4-5 The Cunnis of these Agamas are in press.
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Its Cunni will be printed hereafter. Its press-copy is being revised by Anandasāgara Suri. He says that the Cunnis on Nandi, Anuogaddāra, Avassaya, Dasaveyāliya, Uttarajjhayaṇa, Ayāra, Suyagaḍa and Viahapannatti are in their order of composition. Vide his article ‘આર્હત આગમોની ચૂર્ણિઓ અને તેનું મુદ્રણ'' published in Siddhacart (vol. IX, No. 8, p. 165).
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It is doubtful if there is really a Cunni on this work. One noted by me in D.C G CM (vol. XVII, pt. 1, pp. 233-236) it not any com.; but it is a treatise dealing with calculations pertaining to the Jambudvipa. This is what Prof. Schubring says. See my Preface (p. xxv) of D C G C M. (vol. XVII, pt. III).