Jain Journal 1994 01

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

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JANUARY, 1994
the sūtragāthā or mūlasūtragāthā with the gathās of Niryuktikāra. See on Niry. 11, 39,61
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With this the following fact is in agreement: several times in the MSS. of the Nijj. there are inserted in the text short remarks in Sanskrit which refer to the proper sūtram. This sutram has, however, not been admitted into the text, e.g. Nijj. 10,9,12,176. In one case, chap. 20, this sutra portion (in prose) has actually been incorporated into the Nijj.
It is, furthermore, noteworthy that in the Nijjutti, too, Haribhadra distinguishes different constituent parts and different authors (see p. 53). He refers its verses at one time to the niryukti(kāra), mūlabhāsyakara,1003 and at another to the samgrahanikara, or even sutrakṛt (!). He thus brings these verses into direct contrast with each other1004 and subjects them to different treatment, by citing some, perhaps those of more recent date, in full, [55] either word for word or without commentary; while the remainder he cites as a rule merely by their pratikas and then explains, first by a gamanika, or akṣaragam., i.e. a translation of each word, and finally by expository remarks called out by the nature of the subject.10 1005
Haribhadra too appears to have found a special defect existing in his sūtra text. Between chapters 8 and 9 of the Nijj. we ought to find sūtrasparsini nijjutti according to his statement; but: no'cyate, yasmād asati sūtre (!) kasyā 'sāv iti. Haribhadra devotes a long discussion to sutras in general, which recurs Nijj. 10,2,89,11,7 (sutra and niryukti), 12,17,13,55
1002 In other passages, however, he says that the verses even of the Nijj. are sutras ! See p. 53, note 2.
1003 e.g. 4.3, iyam niryuktigāthā, etās tu mulabhāṣyakaragatha bhimattha° (4, 4-6). 1004 The sutrakyt appears here as later than the samgrahanikara, fol. 260a:-tän abhidhitsur aha samgrahani-karah: ambe (Nijj. 16,48) gähä; asi° (49) gathā; idam gathādvayam sutraktn-niryuktigäthabhir eva prakaṭarthabhir vyakhyāyate (sutrakṛtä.. vyakhyāyate or sutrakin niryu vyakhyati would be better); dhaḍamti padhaḍam ti then follows the text of Nijj. 16, 50.64 in full but without commentary. Here it is to be noticed that one of the MSS. of the Nijj. in my possession omits these 15, verses from the text. See p. 59 in regard to the assumption that the Nijj. is the work of several authors.
1005 An occasional reference to other methods of treating the subject is found, e g. 2, 61, iti samāsārthaḥ, vyäsärt has tu viseṣavivaranad avagamtavyah. Or on 10, 19, iti gathākṣararthaḥ, bhavarthas tu bhāṣyagāt häbhyovaseyah, tas ce mah (in Prakrit, but not from the Nijj.).