Jain Journal 1968 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 99

APRIL, 1968
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detailed one (vittharavāyanā) Both lists begin with the 5th patriarch Yasobhadra and are in perfect agreement down to the 13th patriarch Vajra and his disciple Vajrasena * For the readers' convenience I subjoin the list of those patriarchates
V Yasobhadra VI Bhadrabahu and Sambhutavijaya VII Sthulabhadra VIII. Mahagiri and Suhastin IX Susthita-Supratibuddha
X. Indradinna XI Dinga XII. Simhagını XIII Vajra
In the shorter redaction nothing but the names of the patriarchs and their gotras are given, while the detailed redaction also enumerates the disciples of cach patriarch, and mentions, in their proper places, the ganas, sākhās, and kulas originated by them These details are presumably based on a faithful tradition The historical character of at least some of them has been established by a brilliant discovery of G Buehler & He succeeded in identifying the names of 4 ganas, 8 sākhās, and 13 kulas, occuring in Mathura inscriptions of the Kankalı mound, with such as mentioned in our Therāvali and they belong to the disciples of the eighth, ninth, and eleventh patriarchs Suhastin, Susthita and Supratibuddha and Dinna. It is worthy of note that all the ganas and kulas, and 4 of the 8 sakhās mentioned above occur also in the gāthas quoted in the Therävalt, no doubt as evidence of its statements "The part of the Sthvirāvalt which we can now control”, says Prof Buehler, "proves to contain an on the whole trustworthy account of the development of the Svetambara branch of the Jainas, which shows only such accidental mistakes and omissions as may be expected to occur in a late redaction of an oral tradition"
Buehler's discovery has proved that the part of the longer list (VIEtharavā yanā) which contains the above mentioned details, is based on some trustworthy tradition, reliable documents, however, seem to be only the gāthas quoted in it Whether the list itself deserves the same credit is open to grave doubt. For no inscription ever mentions the
• In the short concluding part of the lists there is some disagreement and confusion which, however, need not detain us, as we are concerned here with their main part only
. See his papers in W ZKM, vol 23, Epigraphia Indica, vol 1 2