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Ikkhāga : Umāsvāti says? :- 99 franciatrapada: 1 afaret-Arf<4T-99 The comm. on this is-'ज्ञाता नाम क्षत्रियविशेषाः तेषामपि विशेषसंज्ञा इक्ष्वाकव:' It should be noted here that even fratagouf (4.550) mentions Nāha Varsa quite different from Ikkhāgakula. It speaks of these Vamsas: Kuru, Naba, Ugga Yādava and Ikkhāku. Avaśyakacūrņi explains the Nāta as- at: FTTH JAWFIAE Fofu Futari à OTTHT-p. 245. Here we can see an attempt to relate the Naya kula with Rşabha.
It will be interesting to note the meaning given to Ugga etc. by the Āvasyakaniryukti-Uggas were krakkhi-guards, Bhogas guru-preceptors, Rāinnas were Vayamsa-friends and the rest were Khattiyas (193). So the Ava. cū. follows the Ava. N. when it includes relatives of Rsabha in the Nāyas.
Commentator Abhayadeva also follows him when he says at: garganfaat: (Comm. on Nāyādhammakahā, p. 153.). Jinasena does not mention Nāya or Jõāta but mentions Siddhārtha, the father of Lord Mahā. vira as belonging to the Ikşvākus-(Harivamsapurāņa, 2. 4. 13), so also is done by the author of Cauppannamahāpurisacariya (p. 271).
Observation of the above given table shows that Harivamsa was included in the list of the prominent Vamsas for the first time by Kalpsūtra and it is quite clear that after the inclusion of Krsna story in the Jaina Canonical literature it was necessary to include the Harivamsa in the list. The Jaina purāgas have it from the beginning.
One more striking fact is to be noted that the Riņņa and the Khattiyas are removed from the list and the other ones are included. This also is a deliberate attempt to follow the Vedic North Indian tradition instead of the tradition which was followed by the people of the Bihar-East India, as such practice is not seen in the older Jaina text where we find
"जे माहणे खत्तिय जायए वा तहुग्गपुत्ते तह लेच्छई वा। जे पव्वईए परदत्तभोई गोत्ते न जे थम्भइ माणबद्ध ।
Sūyagada, 1, 13. 10
Here we see that the māhana and Khattiya are separately mentioned differentiating them from Ugga and Lecchar. Same tradition is followed by Āva. Ni. having a minor change, but not giving the place of reputation to the Vedic Puranic Vatnsas.
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