Jaina Philosophy Historical Outline

Author(s): Narendra Nath Bhattacharya
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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Jain Philosophy in Historical Outline
as the reward for certain actions. The Rāyapaseņaijja is concerned with the question of soul put by a king named Paësi to the monk Kesin. The Jīvājīvābhigama consists of the description of the classification of various kind of animate and inanimate objects. The Pannavaņā also deals with the classification of living beings. The Surapannatti is chiefly concerned with the activities and effects of the sun. It may be called a scientific treatise. Likewise the Jambuddi vapannatti is a cosmographical work in which we have a description of the Jambuddīva, the centre of the physical universe. The Candapannatti which is identical in all available manuscripts with the Surapannatti is an astronomical work. In the Nirayāralīyāo we came across the Jain version of the Kuniya of Ajātaśatru legends which is important for the reconstruction of the history of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha. The Kappāvadamsiyāo is a story of conversion of Pauma and his liberation. The Pupphiyão describes four storics showing the results of good or bad actions. The Pupphacūlião and the Vanhidasão also deal with similar subjects.
The Paiņņas or Prakīrņas are another class of religious literature consisting of ten works. Of these the Causarana contains hymns, etc. in honour of the four viz. Arhats, Siddhas, Sadhus and Dharma. It is said to have been composed by one Virabhadra. The Bhattaparinnā deals with the ritual for the renunciation of food. The Sarthāra is concerned with the rituals for the dead. The Aurapaccakkhāna is meant for the renunciation of all that is evil by persons who are going to die. The Mahāpaccakkhāna or the Greater Renunciation is another text of confession. The Candāvijjhaya is a text of monastic discipline. The Gaņivijjā deal with the ascertaining of auspicious and inauspicious days, periods, etc. The Tandulaveyāliya deals with food and drink, embryology, the human stages of life, the duration of life, measures of capacity and of time. The Devindatthaya deals with the Bhavanavāsi, Vāņamantara, Joisiya and Vemānīya kings and gods as to their seats, duration of their lives and faculties, etc. The tenth text, the Viratthaya, is a stotra of Mahāvīra. Two other texts, the Titthogali and the Ārāhaņāpaļāgā are also said to belong to the Paiņņa group. These two deal with the general teachings of Jainism.
The Cheyasuttas are six in number. Of these the Āyāradasão deals
The Uvangas were published, along with their commentaries, in AGS and DLJP, for studies in the Uvangas sce sec. II.
?The AGS ed. contains all the surviving Paiņņas; for studies in this branch of literature, see sec. II.