Book Title: Isibhasiyai and Pali Buddhist Texts A Study
Author(s): C S Upasak
Publisher: Z_Aspect_of_Jainology_Part_3_Pundit_Dalsukh_Malvaniya_012017.pdf
________________ The Isibhasiyai and Pali Buddhist Texts--A Study 73 in the Pali texts. (DPPN. Vol. II, p. 999f.) He is called there Saojaya Velatthi. putta. Sariputta and Moggallana, the two "Chief Disciples of the Buddha were his earlier disciples before they joined the Order of the Buddha. Saojaya had formed his own Sangha and probably had gathered a good number of followers. It is recorded in the Pali texts that he had died soon after Sariputta joined the Sangha of the Buddha at Rajagsha. Saojaya of Isibhasiyai appears to be the same saint who is known to the Pali texts. In the Commentary (Sangrahani) of Isibhasiyai, both Sariputta and Sanjaya are described as non-Jain saints in the tirtha (life time) of Mahavira. This indicates the authenticity of the text and also proves that both were contemporary to the Buddha and Mahavira, as also evidenced from other sources, The teachings of the above-noted saints succinctly recorded in the Isibhasiyai and traceable in the early Pali Buddhist texts, are once more points in evidence as regards the venerable antiquity of the text. The author of the text is well aware of the great saints of ancient India and so he records their names and their teachings on the whole fairly/accurately. Thus, this text is one more valuable source for the evaluation of the religious ambience of the times that were contemporary, preceding, and immediately succeeding Buddha and Vardhamana Mahavira. Note and References 1, Ed. Walther Schubring, L. D. Series 45, Ahmedabad 1974. 2. Cf. Rhys Davids, Pali-English Dictionary, p. 385; R. C. Childers, A Dictionary of Pali Language, p. 309; Abhidhanarajendra, Vol. V, p. 1325; Tattvarthadhigama of Umasvati, Pt. II (Surat, 1980), p. 309; Sarvarthasiddhi Ch. X-9. Also cf. for Rsi in Amarakosa, 2.7.42. Cf. Mahavansatika XII, p. 277 (Nal. Ed.). 3. Devaputras Khusanasa arogadaksinaye sarvabudhana puyae pracagabudhasa puye. Epigraphia Indica-I, XIV, p. 295, G.r.l., Vol. II, Pt. 1, No. XXVII, p. 77. 4. DPPN, Vol. II, p. 52ff. 10 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
