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 (13) Pañcamangalasuyakkhandha, (14) Jiyakappa, (15) Uttarajjhayaņa, (16) Āvassaya,2 (17) Dasaveyāliya,3 (18) Nandi,4 (19) Aņuogaddāra, and (20) Pakkhiyasutta.
There were two Cunnis for (6) and (14); but, now-a-days only one is available in each case. The available one for (6) is called Nisthavisehacunni, and it is very prolific in contents. Its author Jinadasa Gani himself has given it this name in this very work itself. Herein the author has ingeniously mentioned his name?, and has referred to Pradyumna Ksamäśramana as his vidyāguru. Further he has explained the meaning of Addhamāgahā, a Prākrta language, has mentioned works such as Siddhivinicchaya,' Sammai, Jonipāhuda, Naravāhanadattakahā, 10 Magahaseņāli, Tarangavai, 12 etc., and has referred to Siddhasena Divākara and his creation of horses, 13 and to a famine during the reign of Candragupta. He has used the word Hindu in this Cunni. That this is the first reference of its kind in the Jaina literature is a statement occurring in "Gujarātī Dipotsavi Anka" (p. 63) dated 19-10-1941. He has composed Nandīcunni, too, and there in the end, he has cleverly mentioned his name.14 In its several Mss., it is assigned a date Saka Samvat 598 i. e. Vikrama Samvat 733. Anandasagara Sūri has edited this Cunni, and therein the date is given as Saka 500. This date as well as the upper one are challenged by him. He says that the line pertaining to the date comes from the pen of a scribe and not that of the author.15 He has not assigned any reason for it; but it appears that he says so as this date upsets his belief to the effect that Haribhadra Sūri
1-5 The Cunnis of these Āgamas are published from Rutlam. 6. Cyclostyled copies of this Nisīhavisehacunni have been recently prepared and
presented to several Acāryas and Bhandāras. Therein the topics are given in
margins. 7. See DCGCM (vol. XVII, pt. II, p. 357). 8. This is defined by Abhayadeva Sūri in his commentary (p. 78) on Ovavāiya. 9. See my article "A note on Siddhiviniscaya and Srstipariksā" published in the Annals
of B. O. R. I. (Vol. XIII, pts. 3-4, pp. 335-336). 10-11-12. All these 3 works are extinct as is the case with Dvāsaptatiprabandha a work
mentioned by Kalyānavijaya in his intro. (p. 7) to Prabhāvakacaritra. 13. For pertinent extracts see my article The Jaina Commentaries (pp. 299-300)
published in the Annals of B. O. R. I. (vol. XVI, pts. III-IV). 14. See DCGCM (vol. XVII, pt. III, p. xxv of Preface). 15. See his preface to Nandicunni.