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though in a mutilated form, while have mutilated the original texts of the twelfth anga Drstivada is the canon. lost. Thus the two traditions mutu. It was Arva Rakita (3) or Samally complement each other to a anta Bhadra (70) who later classified certain extent (14)
all the topics dealt with in Jaina Besides, astronomical texts are canonical works into four anuyogas scatterred in Jaina canonical works (parts) viz. encycopaedic in nature describing (1) Carananuyoga various aspects of Jaina philosophy. (2) Dharmakathanuyoga (Pratha. The same text is repeated at several manuyoga) (66) places. However, works like Surya (3) Ganitanuyoga (Karananuyoga) Prajnapti, Jambudvipa Prajnapti and (66) Candra Prajnapti are the principle (4) Dravyanuyoga sources of Jaina astronomical texts Ganitanuyoga comprises of geogextant these days.
raphical and astronomical texts of Many parallel references are found Jaina canonical literature. But here in different works of Jaina canon, we are restricted to the analytical Besides, the general character of Jaina study of astronomical texts alone. canonical works as regards their (a) LANGUAGE OF THE identical familiar similies, metaphors, JAINA CANONICAL WORKS analogies, language and phraseology Jaina canonical works have been also bears upon their close relation written in dialogue form between ship. But a detailed account of the lord and his disciples-Gautama literary criticism is out of the scope of or Jambu. These works had been this work. However it is worthy to merely preserved in the memories of note that tho present recension of Jaina monks before they were finally Bhagavati Sutra. the fifth anga redacted at the council of Valabhi. Co(limb), contains 1,84.000 padas (verses) nsequently the language of the present whereas Samavayanga Sutra records recension of Jaina canon must have only 84,000 padas of the fifth anga. It been intertangled with Some regional is therefore probable that Bhagavati dialects. It is therefore not less than Sutra had not attained even half of a herculean task to comment upon its present recension before Sama- the language of the original texts of vayanga Sutra was compiled. This Jaina canal However as per an ancient suggests that a few additions, "sub- tradition among the Tirthankaras stractions and interpolations seem to (ford-makers) (38), Lord Mahavira,
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