Lord Mahavira Vol 02

Author(s): S C Rampuria
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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Lord Mahâvîra
Uvangas (Upangas)
After the eleven Angas described above we shall be discussing the twelve Upangas. The upangas are not necessarily related to the corresponding Angas, though they must have originally been supplementary of the Angas. They are as follows: (i) Uvavaiya, Rayapasenaiya, Pannavana,
(ii)
(iii) Jivajivabhigama,
(iv)
(v) Suriyapannatti,
(vi)
(vii)
(vi) Candapannatti, (viii) Nisiha,
(x) Vavahara,
(xii) Pajjosanakappa Mulasuttas are four in number :
(i) Uttarajjhayana, (ii) Dasaveyaliya, (iii) Avassaya, (iv) Oha nijjutti.
Chuliya Suttas are two in number :
(i) Nandi, (ii) Anuogaddara Payanns are ten in number :
(i) Causarana, (ii) Aurapaccakkhana, (iii) Bhattaparinna, (iv) Santharaga, (v) Tandulaveyaliya, (vi) Candavijjahaya, (vii) Devinadatthaya, (viii) Ganivijja, (ix) Mahapaccakkhana, (x) Viratthava.
(ix)
(xi)
Jambuddivapannatti, Nirayavalisuyakhandha,
Mahanisiha, Dasasuyakkhandha,
To conclude, the Jain canonical literature is divided into forty five volumes. They deal with the social, religious, historical conditions prevailing in Bihar from 5th century B.C. to the 1st century B.C.
HISTORY AND DOCTRINE OF THE AJIVIKAS
The land of Bihar has been undoubtedly the mother of many religious sects. It has been much fertile for the growth of new ideas and thoughts. The Vedic system of sacrifice was not blindly accepted. Therefore, some new religious sects opposed the sacrificial systems of the Vedas. Among them Ajivika sect is one. Ajivikism is a religious sect of ancient India. It has its birth in about the 6th century B.C. It rose in opposition to Vedism which was a dominant religion of ancient India. The very foundations of Vedism depended on the various systems of sacrifices which were vigorously opposed by Jainism, Buddhism and Ajivikism.23