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
Before I deal with the 3rd group viz. Cheyasutta, I think I should recapitulate the results arrived at during this investigation about the names and the number of the Uvangas. They are :
(1) There is no mention of the group Uvanga in any of the Angas. (2) This word is not found in any canonical work earlier than
Nirayāvalīsuyakkhandha. (3) Its Samskrta equivalent Upānga is met with in the Bhāsya on
Tattvārtha, and in no other Samsksta Jaina work prior to it, so
far as I know. (4) Only 5 Uvangas are mentioned in Nirayāvalīsuyakkhandha and 2
in the Bhāsyānusārini tikās of Tattvārtha, though more are alluded
to in these tīkās. (5) The earliest work to mention all the 12 Uvařgas is
Suhabohasāmāyārī. (6) Viyarasāra is perhaps the earliest work to note that some look
upon Divasāgarapannatti as the 12th Uvanga instead of Vahnidasă. (7) It appears that none except Yaśodeva Sūri mentions more than
one Uvanga for any one of the Angas, and he, too, does so in
the case of the 4th Anga only. (8) The usual list of the 12 Uvangas is : (i) Ovaväiya, (ii)
Rāyapaseņaiya, (iii) Jīvābhigama, (iv) Pannavaņā, (v) Sūrapaņņatti, (vi) Jambuddīvapaņņatti, (vii) Candapaņņatti, (viii) Nirayāvaliyā, (ix) Kappavadiņsiyā, (x) Pupphiyā, (xi) Pupphacūliyā and (xii)
Vanhidasā. (9) Out of these, the 4th was regarded as Uvanga as early as the
date of its com. composed by Haribhadra Sūri. (10) Suhabohasāmāyārī is perhaps the very first work to mention the
12 Angas to which the 12 Uvangas belong. (11) Abhayadeva Sūri has noted that the 1st Uvanga belongs to the 1st
Anga. Malayagiri Sūri has similarly mentioned that the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th Uvangas are respectively associated with Angas 2 to 4.1 1. Malayagiri Sūri has referred to a Cunni on Jivābhigama in his com. (p. 73a) on
Rāyapa senaiya (s. 29). So it remains to be ascertained if any association of this Uvanga with any Anga is specified therein.