Nandisutt and Anuogaddaraim

Author(s): Devvachak, Aryarakshit, Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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Āvasyakaniryukti are borrowed in the Nandisūtra. How are these two (seemingly) contradictory facts to be reconciled ? There are two ways of removing this contradiction. First, if we were to regard Devavācaka as a borrower of these găthās, then we should take recourse to the fact that the gathas contained in the Niryukti and traditionally believed to be written by the Junior Bhadrabāhu are not all composed by him; that is, many of them have been taken from an old version of the Niryukti. Another alternative is as follows. We should maintain that all these găthas were put in the Nandisutra not by Devavācaka himself but by some other persons at different dates. After this long discussion we can safely conclude that Devavācaka composed the Nandisūtra before 523 V.S.
THE ANUYOGADVĀRA
Importance of the Anuyoga
In this volume the Anuyogadvāra is placed after the Nandi. The Nandi which is of the form of five Jñanas serves as a mangala in the beginning of the study of the Agamas; and the Anuyogadvārasūtra serves as a key to the understanding of the Āgamas. Hence these two Āgamas form a pair. In the scheme of the classification of the Āgamas they constitute the class termed cūlikā (appendage). Just as a temple gains in beauty with the turret added to it even so the temple of the form of the Āgamas gains in beauty with the turret of the form of the Nandi-Anuyogadvāra appended to it.
In the beginning of the Anuyogadvāra it is declared that what is in hand here is an exposition (anuyoga) of the Āvasyaka śruta.1 The reader might expect the declaration to be followed by an exposition of the Āvaśyakasūtra. However, as one goes through the entire text of the Anuyogadvārasūtra it becomes clear that it does not provide us with an exposition of the Āvaśyakasūtra, for, as a matter of fact, it discusses the various entrances to exposition, viz. upakrama, etc. Thus it treats of the method of exposition as such. It simply uses the Āvaśyakasūtra as an illustration in the course of the demonstration and elucidation of the method of exposition. In the entire text of the Anuyogadvārasūtra there finds place the explanation of only a few topics which are related to the Avaśyakasūtra. Thus here there is an explanation of the title avaśyakaśrutaskandhādhyayana, a suggestion
1. इमं पुण पट्टवणं पडुच्च आवस्सगस्स अणुओगो। सूत्र०५