Jain Journal 1994 07

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

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL XXIX, NO 1, JULY 1994
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Jambūdvipa
Human regions
are taught by the first and the last tirthankaras, and why 4 yimas are taught by the firthankaras in the middle are explained by Gautama to kesi in Uttaradhyayana XXIII.4 Beside the names of the 24 tirthankaras born in Bharata in Jambūdvipa in the present avasarpint, the names of the 24 tirthankaras born in Airāvata in Jambūdvipa in the present avasarpini, and those to be born in Bharata in Jambūdvipa in the immediate future utsarpini are listed in Samavāyānga 264 and 267, which are likely the post-canonical interpolations. 42 The 240 tirthankaras (24 x 10) are thus to be born in the human regions in each half cycle, therefore the Jainas assume that numerous tirthankaras are to be born in the human regions in the eternal course of time. The Buddhists also approve
41. This explains that the Uttaradhyayana XXIII is fully acquainted with the
content expressed by the Bhagavatī sūtra XX.8. The late date of the composition of the Uttarādhyayana XXIII is also evident from the fact that jñānadarsana-cāritra are maintained by Gautama as constituting the fundamental cause of liberation in answering to the important problem of robe wearing and non-robe wearing practice of monks in both schools. This concept that jñanadarśana-cāritra constitute the pathway for liberation occurs at the final canoni
cal stage, i.e. the 5th century A.D. 42. Shah, U.P.: Studies in Jaina Art, pp. 73-74