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Ethical liturature of the Jainas
243 said that there is no ascetic to give the lineage of Gunadhara. He also tells us that Arhadbali, whose time according to Prākrta Pattāvalis,a is 152 B.C. (565 Vira Nirvāna Samvat), gave the name of Guņadhara Samgha to one of the Samghas of Jaina ascetics.3 Parmānanda Sāstri has compared many passages of Kaşāyaprābhrta with those of Șațkhandāgama to prove that the former was composed before the latter and was the first of all scriptures of Digambara tradition. He has assigned this work to the 2nd century B.C. Dr. Nemi Candra ascribes it to 1st century A.D.5
Kaşāyaprābhịta contains 233 gāthā-sūtras which are very precise and are classified under fifteen adhikāras. This book is also known as 'Pejjadosapāhuda', after the name of the third sub-chapter of the tenth chapter of the fifth pūrva, jñānapravāda 'Pejjadosa' means attachment and aversion, which are dealt with in this book with reference to their importance in the Jaina doctrine of karman.
Indranandi tells us that Aryamaṁkşu and Nāgahasti wrote commentaries on Kasāyapāhuda. Another commentary available on Kasāyapāhuda is that of Yativrşabha,? who is placed in the 6th century A.D. by J.C. Jaina. Ācārya Virasena wrote a big and comprehensive commentary, Jayadhavalā, on the original Kasāyapāhuda and Cūrņi Sūtra of Yativrsabha, which was completed by Jinasena, the teacher of Amoghavarşa, a king of Rāstrakūta in the year 759 of Saka era in Vațagrāmapura.' 2. Satkhandāgama and Mahābandha of Puspadanta and Bhūtabali
Puspadanta and Bhūtabali were taught the scriptures by Dharasenācārya. Srutāvatāra of Indranandi mentions Arhad
1. Tattvānušásanādisangraha, Śrutāvatāra (Indranandi), 151. 2. Satkhandāgama, Vol. I, Prastāvanā, p. 26. 3. Tattvānušāsanādisangraha, Srutāvatāra (Indranandi), 94. 4. "Anekānta”, Vira Sevā Mandira, Delhi, year 14, Kirana 1,(August, 1956),
pp. 8-10. 5. Šāstri, Nemicandra, Prākrtabhāşā aura sähitya kā älocanālmaka itihāsa,
Varanasi, 1966, p. 213. 6. Tattvänušāsanādisangraha, Srutavatāra (Indranandi), 154. 7. Ibid., 155. 8. Jaina, J.C., Prāksta sähitya kā itihāsa, p. 291. 9. Kasāyaprabhsta, prastāvanā, p. 72.
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