Jain Legend Vol 1

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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organisation of the followers (16) omniscient (17) Telepaths / Knower's of the mental modes of others (manah paryayaj n) (18) Clairvoyants / Knower of hidden and distant physical entities (avadhij n) (19) Twelve limbs scriptures (Dv da mg) (20) orators par excellence (v d) (21) Heavenly beings existing above Sarv rthaSiddhi heaven (22) roaming heavenly beings (23) achievers of liberated soul status (Siddhas) (24) leaders and preachers of the path of liberation (Trthamkara) (25) description of the pious death (p dapopagamana) last rites. Similar thoughts and references are found elsewhere in these.
As in the original Pratham nuyoga, Ga dik nuyoga opines on Kulakara, T rthamkara, Cakravart , Da rha, Baladevas, Vasudevas, Ga adharas and Bhadrab hu also. This text also gives a description of Harivam a, ascending and descending happiness time cycles (Utsarpi and Avasarpi ). These references make it clear that the Amga D iv da encapsulated the complete evidential history of the Jain religion. Hence the opinion of western scholars such as Dr. Herman Jacobi that the story of Rm ya a is not found in the original Jain gamas and that it is based on V Imik Rm ya a or is borrowed from other Hindu scriptures is proved absolutely erroneous and baseless.
Pratham nuyoga is considered an ancient historical scripture and the original source for many available and unavailable texts. The historical facts found strewn across the vet mbara and Digambara gama-texts and in va yakaniryukti are essentially the contributions of Pratham nuyoga. Due to the vagaries of time and fading of memory gradually with the 14 p rvas the repository of history, the Pratham nuyoga and Ga dik nuyoga scriptures have gone in the oblivion today.
The benefits of earlier c ryas in history - writing
After the disappearance of Pratham nuyoga and Ga dik nuyoga the credit of preserving Jain history goes to the services of its early c ryas. They did us a favour having bestowed through the gama-based Niryuktis, C r is, Bh ya, Tk etc which has proved to be of great help for contemporary research scholars in history. We think it is necessary to remember those few authors here:
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