History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE AGAMAS
questions as under :
(1) Why are the 1st1 11 Angas referred to as kālika-śruta by Abhayadeva Suri in his com. (p. 792b) on Viahapannatti (XX, 8; s. 677) and by Hemacandra Suri in his 2com. (p. 931) on Visesävassayabhāsa (v. 2294) ?
(2) How is it that the Cunni (p. 47)3 of Nandi (s. 44) and Malayagiri Suri's com. (p. 203a)4 on this very Nandi, refer to Ayāra etc., as works belonging to the kaliya-suya group ?
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The answer appears to be that the word kāliya-suya is here used in the third sense out of 3: (i) in contrast with the word ukkāliya, (ii) etymologically and (iii) as a synonym of caraṇakaraṇānuyoga5.
This finishes the discussion about one type of classifications of the Jaina scriptures; but there remains another to be attended to, though this is not probably as old as the former one. It is however more popular than the former. According to it the scriptures are divided into 6 groups viz. (1) Anga, (2) Uvanga, (3) Cheyasutta, (4) Mulasutta, (5) Painnaga and (6) Culiyasutta.
Before we deal with these groups we may note that it is only the mūrtipūjaka Śvetāmbaras who use all these six designations; for, the Sthānakavāsins seem to use only first four, while the Digambaras, only the 1st and the 5th with the exception that in Dhavala there is mention of Cheyasutta.?
1. The 12th Anga is not mentioned here, for it is not a kaliyasuya as can be inferred from the following sutta of Nandi:
"गमियं दिट्ठिवाओ... अगमियं कालियसुयं" (s. 43)
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For the pertinent portion see Tattvarasikacandrikā (pt. I, p. 68). 3. " तं च प्रायसो आयारादि कालियसुतं । ”
" तच्च प्राय आचारादि कालिकश्रुतम् ।”
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5. This is what the Cunni (p. 2) on Dasaveyäliya says. The pertinent line is “varungen". See Avassaganijjutti (v. 777) quoted on p. 39.
6. These represent a non-idolatrous (amūrtipūjaka) section of the Śvetāmbaras which originated in Vikrama Samvat 1530. It is said that a subsection known as Terapanthis arose from this section in Samvat 1816.
7. Herein (Vol. V) the word 'culiyāsutta' occurs. Does it mean the sixth group noted above ?