Jain Journal 1992 10

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

Page 24

OCTOBER, 1992
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first story alone of each varga is passably complete, the others are cited merely by their catch words,
The events of these recitals transpire in Răyagiba, Săgeta Vaņiyagama, Hatthiņapura. The names of the personages involved are to be extracted from the karikās, which cite the titles of the 33 ajjhavanas; viz: -
1. Jāli363 Mayali Uvajāli Purisaseņe ya Vāriseñe ya/Dihadamte ya Laddhadamte Vehallo Vehāyase Abhaye ti kumarel/See page 521 for the first five names.
2. Dihaseņe Mahāseņe Laddhadaṁte (again (!) ya Gūdhadaṁte ya Suddhadaṁte ya/Halle Dumme Dumasene Mahādumasene ya ähitell 1/1 Sihe ya Sihasene ya Mahāsihasene ya ähite Pumasese ya bodhavve terasame hoi ajjhayane // 2 //
3. 364 Dhanne ya Sunakkhatte Isidase ya ahitel Pellae Ramaputte Pacardimă Puţțimãi yal/1|| Pedhälaputte (cf. anga 2, 2, 7) anagare Poțțileiya Vehalle dasame vutte ime ye dasa ähiyal/21/.
Our information in reference to these persons is limited almost entirely to their names (325) alone. In the first history (of Jāli), which is a prototype of the rest, it is at least related that he ekkārasa aṁgāim ahijjati.
It is surprising that the table of contents in anga 4, or Nandi (N), is particularly explicit. This is probably to be explained by the fact that it had as its subject an entirely different text from that which we possess. It is as follows :-se kim tam anuttarovavā iyadasão 7 aņuosasu ņaṁ aṇuttarovavā iyāņaṁ nagarāi ujjaceio vaņa 365 rāyao ammā samo dhammäyao dhammakahā366 ihaloga 387 pavvajjä suyao388 tavo padimā0369 saṁlehaņā bhattapāuo anuttarovavatti (A, våto BC. 'rovavāyatti N) sukulapaccāyāi (yati BC, ccâio N) puņabohio amtakiriyā āghavijjaṁti ;
363 ittha ajjhayaņāni Jäli-m-aini, Vidhiprapā. 364 Five of these names recur in anga 3, 10 for angas 8 and 9, cf. p. 271. 365 N omits (an error of the scribe). 365 N inverts saora amo dhohão dh riyā. 367 ihalogapario A, ihalogapāraloga BC, ihaloiapdraloia riddhivisesá bhogapariccăgă
pavajjão N. 368 pariyaga before sua in N. 369 padimätave, A, merely padio BC, padimão uvasagga N.