Jaina Literature From Eearliest Time To C 10th AD

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
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14 Aspects of Jainology : Volume VI etc., but in Agamas these different subjects are inter- Ksetravicara is not available today. Jivasamasa and mingled. Realising necessities of some independent Jivavicara as well as Tandulavaicarika are the works works regarding worldly phenomena, Jaina acaryas dealing with Jaina Biology. Pujyapada Devanandi (c. composed some secular literature dealing with the 6th A. D. ) had composed a treatise named Vaidyakaphysical phenomena. sastra dealing with Ayurvedic medicines, but this As the result, by the beginning of c. 3rd A. D. work is also not available. Jyotisakarandaka is a several independent works were composed on vari Prakirnaka which deals with Jaina Astrology. In the ous subjects such as - Astronomy, Astrology, field of grammar, Jainendra Vyakarana or EndravyaGeography, Mathematics, Biology, Arts and Archi- karana of Indranandi (c. 6th A. D. ), Sakatayana tecture, Linguistic and Medicinal discipline, i. e. Vyakarana alongwith its auto-commentary, AmoghaAyurveda, etc. It would be in the fitness of the things vitti of Palyakirti Sakatayana (c. 9th A. D. ) and to record some of the details about such works, viz. Svayambhu Vyakarana of Tribhuvana Svayambhu Lokavibhaga of Sarvanandi ( c. 6th A. D.) and (c. 8th A. D.) are regarded as important works of this Tiloyapannatti of Yati-vrsabha composed in Prakrta, category. are two important works on Astronomy and Geogra The literary evolution of Jainas, particularly phy. Some more works like Umasvati's Jambu- in Praksta, which took place during c. 5th B.C.-10th dvipasamasa and Ksetravicara (c. 3rd A. D. ) and A. D. shows that the Jaina acaryas were versatile geBshatksetrasamasa of Jinabhadragani Ksamasramana nius. They composed various treatises on different (c. 7th A. D. ) also dealt with Geography and some subjects but mainly on philosophical and religious aspects of Jaina cosmology. Among these works, topics.