Jain Journal 2007 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
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ācārya in the commentary of Gommaṭasāra, but Pt. Nathuramji Premi has accepted that Indra and Divakara Yati were from the Yapaniya tradition. The title yati has been specially used in the Yapaniya tradition and therein the ācāryas have been said to be the leaders of the yatis (Yatigrama agrani). This title was also bestowed upon Sākaṭāyana himself. Respected Prof. Nagarajaiah has also mentioned the Mulasangha and the Punnata sangha as the Digambara sanghas, but in my book, Jaina Dhrma Ka Yapaniya Sampradaya, I have, on the basis of many irrefutable proofs, conclusively proved that these sanghas belonged to the Yapaniya tradition. In the Halsi (North Karnataka) inscriptions of the 5th century AD. the Digambara sanghas have been mentioned as Nirgrantha sanghas. Therefore, Punnāta Jinasena is not Neo-Digambara, but Yapaniya only.
Again, Punnāṭasangha is the later version of the Yapaniya Punnaṭavrkṣa-mulagaṇa. The ganas of the Yapaniyas that have been mentioned in the inscriptions, have been referred to as mulagaṇa only. Mulasangha and Mulagaṇa are synonymous, therefore, Mulasangha is actually the carlier name of the Yapaniya sangha. In due course, when the Yapaniya sanghas were merged into the Nirgrantha Digambara tradition, the Digambara and Mulasangha became
synonymous.
The Bhagavati Ārādhanā by Śivārya is also a work of the Yapaniya tradition, as its commentator Aparajitasuri was undoubtedly a Yapaniya. Even the Digambara origin of Vaddha-ārādhanā and another ārādhana also does not prove that the original work was of Digambara origin. Many Śvetāmbara masters, such as, Haribhadra, Yasovijaya, etc. cannot be said to be belonging to the Digambara or Buddhist traditions just because they have written commentaries on many Digambara and Buddhist works. The place of honour that Siddhasena Divakara has gained in the Digambara tradition is because of the qualitative merit of his work. In my book, Jaina Dhrma Kā Yapaniya Sampradaya, I have clearly proved that Siddhasena Divakara, the author of Sanmatitarka. was the predecessor of the Śvetāmbara and Yapaniya traditions. It is surprising that a serious scholar of History like Dr. Nagarajaiah has written that Abhayadeva,