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 ĀGAMAS
31 Under these circumstances, it is difficult to say as to which school first used this term 'Anga' and as to which school subsequently borrowed it. Prof. M. V. Patwardhan, however, remarks:
"The Svetāmbara Jains have also borrowed the term Amga from their Brahmanical opponents to denote the first twelve principal works of their canon, while the Digambara Jains have also borrowed the term Veda from the same source, to denote the principal divisions of their sacred literature.”l
It hardly remains to be added that the canonical texts that go by the name of 12 Angas, form the very first and fundamental group out of six, and that all the 12 Angas are mentioned in Samavaya (s. 12 and 1363), Nandī (s. 454), Aņuögaddāra (s. 425), Pakkhiyasutta(p. 70a), the Bhāsya (p. 107) on Tattvārtha (1, 21) etc.
As regards the date of the word Anga, it may be said that it is as old as the composition of the Angas; for, this word occurs in Vivāgasuya (I) etc., and the word Duvālasanga in Samavāya etc.
Uvanga - This word has Upanga for its Samskrta equivalent. But it seems that neither Uvanga nor Upānga is used by the Bauddhas to indicate any work or works of their school. On the other hand the Vaidikas have used the word Upanga for the following four works (rather branches) associated with the six Vedāngas :
(1) Purāņa, (2) Nyāya, (3) Mimāṁsā and (4) Dharmaśāstra. 1. See The Daśavaikālikasūtra : A study (pp. 19-20). 2. “आयारे १ सूयगडे २ ठाणे ३ समवाए ४ विवाहपन्नत्ती ५ नायाधम्मकहाओ ६ उवासगदसाओ ७
अंतगडदसाओ ८ अणुत्तरोववाइदसाओ ९ पण्हावागरणं १० विवागसुए ११ दिट्ठिवाए १२" 3. There is the same passage as noted above except that for the 9th and the 10th
works we have : "37UFRACTUGATTI qugtatrung." 4. "आयरो १ सूयगडो २ ठाणं ३ समवाओ ४ विवाहपन्नत्ती ५ नायाधम्मकहाओ ६ उवासगदसाओ ७
अंतगडदसाओ ८ अणुत्तरोववाइअदसाओ ९ पण्हावागरणाई १० विवागसुअं ११ दिट्ठिवाओ" 5. We have the same passage here ad verbatim as in Nandi (s. 45). 6. Here the passage differs from that in Nandi only regarding the 10th Anga; for,
here we have पण्हावागरणं instead of पण्हावागरणाई. 7. "Tel:, Elenci, peri, hart, Cyfti, utan, JTACTEZGYN:, F ERN:,
3gprifchen, 41hTUT, Paychi, fara sfa"