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Correlation of Jaina Inscriptions with Sthavirāvalīs
On the analogy of the name Uccenāgari (of the city Uccenagara-modern Bulandas'ahara)+ shall we suppose that there was a place called Vajranagara from which was derived the Vajranāgarī śākhā ?
Ārya Mangu was a famous and revered pontiff having considerable/ proficiency in śruta or the Jaina Canon and was a prabhāvaka ācārya. The Himavanta Sthaviravali (supposed to be spurious) says that Arya Mangu was a pupil of Ārya Samudra. In this context we must note the order of gāthās of the Nandisūtra Sthavirāvalī :
हारियगुत्तं साइं च, वंदिमो हारियं च सामज्जं । वन्दे कोसियगोत्तं संडिल्लं अज्जजीयधरं ॥ २६ ॥
तिसमुद्दखायकित्ति दीवसमुद्देसु गहियपेयालं । वन्दे अज्जसमुद्दं अक्खुभियसमुद्दगंभीरं ||२७|| भणगं करगं झरगं पभावगं णाणदंसणगुणाणं । वंदामि अज्जमंगुं सुयसागरपारगं धीरं ॥ २८ ॥
Next come two verses which are not commented upon by the author of the Nandi curni nor by Haribhadra sūri in his commentary and which are not found in all manuscripts of the Nandisūtra. Editors of the Pattāvali-Samuccaya, part 1, give them as extra verses found in some mss. only and do not give them continuous numbers. Even in the critical edition of the Nandi-sutra published by the Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya these were not accepted as verses of the original text and are treated as doubtful. They are :
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वंदामि अज्जधम्मं, वंदे तत्तो अ भद्दगुत्तं च । तत्तो अ अज्जवयरं, तवनियमगुणेहिं वयरसमं ॥
वंदामि अज्जरक्खि-खमणे रक्खिअचरित्त सव्वस्से । करंगभूओ, अणुओगो रक्खिओ जेहिं ||
- पट्टावली समुच्चय, I. p. 13.
Then we have :
नाणम्मि दंसणम्मिय तवविणए णिच्चकालमुज्जुत्तं । अज्जानंदिलखमणं, शिरसा वंदे पसन्नमणं ॥ २९ ॥
—दिसुत्त, (Bombay ed p. 6)
+ Ucchera in M.P. according to Sagarmal Jain.-Editors.
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