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 Painnaga should be justified. Of these works (3), (4), (7), (8), (14) and (17) are referred to as Paiņnagas in their corresponding Mss.', whereas the rest in Jaina Granthāvali (pp. 62-68).
As a passing reference it may be noted that 13 Painnagas are mentioned in the following verses of Siddhāntāgamastava - a fact as noted in its vivrti by a pupil of Viśālarāja2 :
and currenfer Freiren 'HET'-'ssatge i संस्तार-चन्द्रवेध्यक-भक्तपरिज्ञा-चतुःशरणम् ॥३२॥ वीरस्तव-देवेन्द्रस्तव-गच्छाचारमपि च गणिविद्याम् ।
starfagafi qug ad arfec a 14: 113311" Authorship — Most of Painnagas are anonymous, but some of them viz. Caüsarana, Aurapaccakkhanaand Bhattaparinnā are attributed to Virabhadra. Some take this Virabhadra to be a pupil of Lord Mahāvīra, who himself had given him dīksā, whereas others believe that Virabhadra, the author of these works (as available now) is the same as the author of Ārāhaņāpaļāyā which is composed in Samvat 1008,4 and which refers to Bhattaparinnā.5 Vangacūliyā (Vaggacūliyā) is composed by Jassabhadda, Josipāhuda by Panhapravaņa (?), Pajjantärāhanã by Soma Sūri and Pindavisohi by Jinavallabha Gani. As regards Gacchāyāra, its author whoever he may be, has not flourished prior to the composition of Mahānistha, Kappa and Vavahāra since as specifically mentioned in this Gacchāyāra it is based upon these works.
1. See DCGCM (Vol. XVII, pt. 1) 2. See my article entitled “Methods adopted by Jaina writers for recording their
names and those of their Gurus in the works composed by them” and published
in The Annals of B.O.R.I. (Vol. XVII, pt. I, pp. 84-86). 3. That the author of this work is Virabhadra is suggested in its com. See DCGC
M (Vol. XVII, pt. I, pp. 276-278). 4. See DCGCM (Vol. XVII, pt. 1, p. 329) 5. Muni Punyavijaya in his private communication to me refers to his article
"BTTTTTTTTTT it are for published several years ago in Jaina Hitaisī. 6. For his life and works see Apabhramśakāvyatrayī (intro. pp. 5-37). He died in
Samvat 1167. In Saṁvat 1125, he corrected Sarvegarangaśālā of Jinacandra Sūri.