History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

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

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THE EXTINCT AGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
77 assembled after subhikṣā had set in, and durbhikṣā had disappeared. Thereupon, they sent a pair of Munis, technically known as sanghātaka to Bhadrabāhusvāmin who was practising mahāprāna in Nepal; for, he was the only one who was then in a position to remember and teach Ditthivāya. He, however, declined to teach Ditthivāya on the ground that he was then engaged in practising mahāprāņa, a dhyāna, he could not attend to during the twelve-year famine. The two Munis on their return informed the sangha accordingly. It thereupon sent another pair of Munis asking them to put a question to Bhadrabāhusvāmin as to the penalty prescribed for disobeying the order of the Jaina church and to prescribe this very penalty to him for the same offence committed by him. The two Munis reached Nepal and asked the desired question to Bhadrabāhusvāmin. He aswered : one who does not obey the order of the Jaina church deserves to be excommunicated. Thereupon the two Munis said that the Jaina church assembled in Magadha had prescribed this very penalty to him inasmuch as he had refused to teach Ditthivāya. Bhadrabāhusvāmin quickly realized the situation and conditionally agreed to teach Ditthivāya. The underlying condition was that he would neither talk to the taught nor the taught should talk to him-exchange a single word with him when he was engaged in teaching or even otherwise, and that he would impart lessons by seven instalments during a day.? This being agreed upon, 500 Jaina Sadhus with two attendants for every
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तेसिं अण्णस्स उद्देसओ, अण्णस्स खंड, एवं संघाडितेहिं एक्कारस अंगाणि संघातिताणि, दिविवादो नत्थि । 'नेपाल'वत्तणीए य भद्दबाहुसामी अच्छंति चोद्दसपुव्वी, तेसिं संघेणं पत्थवितो संघाडओ 'दिढिवादं वाएहि' त्ति । गतो, निवेदितं संघकजं तं, ते भणंति-दुक्कालनिमित्तं 'महापाणं' न पविठ्ठो मि, इयाणिं पविट्ठो मि, तो न जाति वायणं दातुं । पडिनियेत्तेहिं संघस्स अक्खातं । तेहि अण्णो वि संघाडओ विसज्जितो-जो संघस्स आणं अतिक्कमति तस्स को दंडो? । ते गता, कहितं, तो 374013-Jenss1 uifa-HT JEIŠE, TE ETET, HE gifs anfor "- Cunni (pt. II, p.
187) on Avassaya 2. Parisistaparvan (IX, 68-69) and Titthogaliya (v. 736) seem to differ from each
other so far as the periods for the vācanās are concerned. The pertinent portions are respectively as under: "तत्रैकां वाचनां दास्ये भिक्षाचर्यात आगतः । तिसषु कालवेलासु तिम्रोऽन्या वाचनास्तथा ॥६८।। सायाप्रतिक्रमणे जाते तिम्रोऽपराः पुनः । सेत्स्यत्येवं सङ्ककार्य मत्कार्यस्याविबाधया ॥६९॥" "पारियकाउस्सग्गो, भत्तद्वितो व अहव सेजाए । नितो व अइंतो वा एवं भे वायणं दाहं ।।७३६॥"