History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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Jainism deals with five kinds of knowledge (nāṇa).1 One of them is known as suya-nāņa (Sk. śruta2-jñāna). It can be roughly translated as scriptural knowledge. It is derived from the reading or preaching of scriptures or through an object known by sensitive knowledge (abhinibohiänāņa3). It can be variously classified.4 According to one of the classifications, it is two-fold: (i) angapaviṭṭha (Sk. anga-praviṣṭa) and (ii) ananga-paviṭṭha (Sk. ananga-pravista).5 The former means 'contained in 1 Cf. the following sutta of Nandi:
" नाणं पंचविहं पन्नत्तं, तं जहा - आभिणिबोहिअनाणं सुअनाणं ओहिनाणं मणपज्जवनाणं केवलनाणं ।” (सु. १ ) The following sutra of the Tattvärtha (1) may be also referred to:
“मतिश्रुतावधिमनःपर्यायकेवलानि ज्ञानम् ।" (सू. ९)
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CHAPTER II
CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS
"श्रुतमाप्तवचनमागम उपदेश ऐतिह्यमाम्नायः प्रवचनं जिनवचनमित्यनर्थान्तरम्. This line occurring in the Bhāṣya (p. 88) on Tattvärtha (1, 20) gives the synonyms of śruta.
This is also known as maï-nāṇa.
(i) This is borne out by the following sutta occurring in Nandi:
"सुयनाणपरोक्खं चोद्दसविहं पन्नत्तं तं जहा अक्खरसुयं १ अणक्खरसुयं २ सण्णिसुअं ३ असण्णिसुअं ४ सम्मसु ५ मिच्छसुअं ६ साइअं ७ अणाइअं ८ सपज्जवसिअं ९ अपज्जवसिअं १० गमिअं ११ अगमिअं १२ अंगपविडं १३ अनंगपवि १४ ।” (सु. ३८)
(ii) Devendra Suri in his Kammavivāga (v. 6) has mentioned these very 14 varieties, but in the following verse incorporated by him he has referred to 20 varieties :
“पज्जय १ अक्खर २ पय ३ सङ्घाया ४ पडिवत्ति ५ तह य अणुओगो ६ ।
पाहुडपाहुड ७ पाहुड ८ वत्थू ९ पुव्वा १० य ससमासा ॥ ७ ॥
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This very verse is quoted by Maladharin Hemacandra Suri in Vineyahitā (p. 42a), a com. on Śivaśarman's Bandhasayaga (v. 37-38). It can be traced at least as far back as the Lahucunni (p. 18a) on this Bandhasayaga (v. 38-39 same as v. 37-38 noted above). This cunni is attributed to Yativṛṣabha by Hiralal Jain but it is generally believed to be anonymous.
See the ending portion of the 1st part of the above fn.