Jain Journal 1993 04

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

Page 26

APRIL, 1993
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tion of the 8 representatives of each class681 from the Brahmaņa caste; tattha khalu ime attha mähanapariyyāyā bhavati Kanne®82 ya Karakaṁte ya Ambade ya Paräsare Kanhe Divāyaṇe ceva Devagutte ya Närahe883/1, and from the warrior caste : tattha khalu ime attha khattiyaparivvāyā bhavarti, taṁ. Silai Masihāre684 Naggai Bhaggai Tiya (Tikā ?) Videhe rāyd Rāme Bale 'ti ya. After this follows an enumeration of the works of Brahmanical literature which is identical in every particular with that in the fifth anga685. See above p. 304.
The sage Ambada, 686 who is enumerated among the 8 mahanaparivayās, must have played no unimportant role in the opinion of his Jain colleagues or enemies, either at the time of the composition of this upānga or at that of those who interpolated the statements in reference to bim. There have been inserted two detailed legends concerning him, the first of which deals especially with his [380] scholars,887 the second with himself, with his second birth in the person of the boy Dadhapainna, and with his final perfection. Here occurs an enumeration of the ($107) 72 kalās, which are in fact essentially the same as those in anga 3, and ($ 105) of the foreign peoples from whom the female attendants of the boy (as in anga 6) came. These names are in general identical with those enumerated in angas 5 and 6, and are also mentioned in a previous passage ($ 53) where the maid servants of the queen are treated of. The list is as follows - bahūhim khujjahim Cilaihim vāmaņihiṁ vadabhihis Babbarihi Paü siyahiṁ (baii) Joniyahim Palhaviyähim Isini yähiTM Caruiniyāhim (Väru' Thāru°) Lasiyahiń Laü siyāhiṁ Damilihi Simhalihiṁ ArabihiTM Pulirdihim Pakkanihiń Bahalihim Maruṁdihim Sabarihiṁ Pārasihim nānādesthiń. For v. 1. sec Leumann, p. 60.
The 18 desibhāşas888 unfortunately are merely mentioned here
681 Kamtā (Kamdv-ā ?) Kanne refers, it is true, to kanva as Leumann afflrms in his
glossary) dayah sodaśa parivrājakāḥ lokato' vaseyah. 682 Kanhe var. 1. 683 These Jains, possessed by the desire of changing everything, have not allowed even
the name of the old Nārada to remain unaltered. Some MSS. have even Närabhe. 684 var. Masimo, Masamo, Masah", also bāre. The Maşpāra name of a country in
the Ait. Br. may perhaps be compared. 685 sadamgavi is here too explained by : şadamgavidah and satthitamtavisāra, by :
Kāpiliyatamtraparditāḥ. *686 Also Ammada, Ammattha,- This name must be derived from Amrata, short form
of Amrabhata.-L. 687 Who once wandered jefthāmulamāsammi along the Gangā from Kampillapura to
Purimatālam nagaram. The name of the month is explained as follows: jyestha
mulam vā (!) nak satram paurnamas yan yatra syāt sa jyesthamulo māsah. jyalsthah. 688 See below pp. 399,400 for the 18 different methods of writing.