Jain Journal 1994 01

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

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Under the head of suttaphasiao the correct pronunciation of the suttas is treated of. According to the scholiast there are 32 dosas and 8 (or 6) guras, which he discusses at length.982 The six different means983 of making oneself certain of the correct understanding of the text are also mentioned; they are :- saṁhitā-form of the text, pada-form, sense of the words, division of the words into component parts, consideration (of objections) and determination (rejection of the objections) : samhiya ya payam ceva payattho payaviggaho / cālaņā ya pasiddhi ya chavvi har viddhi lakkhanam.
[39] The fourth daram, näe, consists of 6 gathās, of which the first four treat of the seven different forms of naya i.e. method of conception, exegesis; they are :- negame, samgahe, vavahāre, ujjusue; sadde, samabhirudhe, evaṁbhūe, The scholiast says that they are named thus in reference to their connection which the sâmáyikādhyayanam as the background of the entire work. Verse 5 gives a general definition of the word naya. Verse 6 makes known the fact that the sahu, sādhu, must hear all its forms with their manifold methods of representation, be purified by this means, and thus remain constant in his (correct) course of action. This concluding verse too thus refers directly to the sāmāyikaṁ, even if it does not mention it by name. It was quite necessary that here at the close some regard be had for the sämäiam; the remaining part of the work refers to it but little.
I have collected on Bhag. 1, 373, fg. some of the data regarding
ge that can be extracted from the contests of the Anuyogady To the arguments that have been mentioned others may be added. In the forefront is the direct connection of the work with the grammatical Sanskrit literature, especially the citation of the beginning of Pāņini's Dhātupāțha. Next the information of a definite nature concerning the other literatures, Brahminical, etc. of that period. The nine kavvarasas point to a highly developed system of rhetoric, and the g'hās cited therein demonstrate the existence of a rich Prakrit poetry after the fashion of the vesses in Hala's Saptaśatakam. The names cited in the formation of taddhitas are perhaps to be regarded as titles of dramas (cf. nädagādi at the end of the loiya works) or [40] of romances. See p. 386. Bhāratam (but not Mahabh.”) and Rāmāyanam
982 The scholiast is here very prolix, though the text is very compact and brief. 983 See on this .Haribh on Avasy. 10, 1 etc.; in an avacūri on the oghaniryukti
we read : askhalitapadoccāranan samhitā; padavibhāgah padāni; padanām arthah padarhah, padavigrahastu samāsabhāmji padāni; calana purvapaksasamkā; prat yavasthanan nirakaranena svapak sasthapanam.