Jain Journal 1993 10

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

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correspondingly with ti bemi. Besides this, there is nothing which directly savours of antiquity with the single exception that the dialogue form between the bhagavant (who is addressed with (se) bhagavaṁ and not with (se) naṁ bhamte) and Indrabhati (Goyama !) is retained. This form, however, ill suits the introductory formula by which the whole is attributed to the bhagavant himself.
The name of the text occurs shortly after the introduction, and is accompanied by laudatory epithets. This fact, together with the epithet maha in the name, makes it probable that it is of later date. It had need of a special sanction because of its secondary character, The words are : pavara-vara-mahāniśithasuyakkhardha(m) suyānusärenań tiviham - but there follows no three-fold division.
The first book is entitled salluddharaṇam and treats of the most various kinds of salla, salya. The repeated references to the savvaṁgovarga are worth our notice ; whence the existence of the uvarga at the time of its composition - see above. p. 373 is eo ipso clear. Then follows the figure of the useful co-partnership of the lame with the blind man which is specially emphasized : -hayam nāņam kiyāhiņam, hayá annanao kiya pasaṁnto paṁgulo daddho dhāvamano a amdhao // ... ardho ya pargū ya vane samiccă te sampaüttā nagaraṁ pavitthā 11. Furthermore [462] stress is laid upon reverence (varde, vaṁdiyyå) for pictures (padimā) and temples (ceia, ceiälaya). A special formula seems to have been made use of in this connection, an enigmatical treatment of the letters of which occurs836 after the fashion of the treatment of a u m (om) in the Upanişads and in similar formulas in the tantra ritual. This entire subject was a riddle to the copyist-cf. p. 456 - and so it remains for us. After the real conclusion of the work, in an addition, a similar subject is treated of in like manner merely by means of single letters.
Book II, is entitled kammavivāyaṇar, perhaps karmavipdcaņa (cf. pp. 270,280,335), At the end is found an obscure statement which perhaps has reference to ajjh. 1,2, and which reads : eesim tu donhan ajjhayaņāņaṁ vihi puwvageņam savvasāmannaṁ vattehiņam ti (?).
836 amana / al maü / kaüttha ava / addhaina / amaa un ' n am / up ay an u s arai
na am/ um n / amaü / sa am bh in nas u in amai / khai re a / sabaddha ina Il minam u etc.-In a similar manner (each of the single consonants having virama) we find the mantra composed which the Vidhi prapa cites in mentioning the ayariyapaya thāvanavihi and uvajjhāyapay'. These, however, commence with a / u/ m /; cf, the Upanişade. Have we here an example of the mauyakkhara ? see page 281 (with note) and page 350.