Nandisutt and Anuogaddaraim

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

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DESCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS
ANUYOGADVARASŪTRA
From the point of view of recension the original text of the Anuyogadvarasutra contained in the different mss. preserved in the Bhaṇḍāras could be classified under two heads-one representing the unabridged recension (bṛhadvacană) and the other representing the abridged recension (sankṣiptavācanā). But these two recensions do not rob the original recension of its individuality. In other words, both the recensions represent fully and faithfully the meaning of the Anuyogadvārasutra. The recension in which the length of the text is curtailed-mainly at two places-by the extent of nearly 100 to 150 ślokas could be termed as sankṣiptavācană. It is to be noted that this recension recommends the reader to go through and understand the unabridged text (Refer to p. 140 n. 1 and p. 153 n. 3). In this abridged recension at various places the text representing the original recension has been more or less abridged after having used the word 'java' which suggests abridgement. This will be clear from the foot-notes at the concerned places. In short, without doing any harm to the meaning of the bṛhadvacanā, this samkṣiptavācanā has been prepared. That is, the length is curtailed and not the contents. In the preparation of the critical edition of the Anuyogadvarasutra we have utilised ten mss. They are represented by the signs खं०, जे०, सं०, वा०, शु०, डे०, संघ०, ने०, वी० and मु०. Out of these ten
,,,, o, and o mss. represent the bṛhadvacana while the remaining mss., viz. o, o, and to mss., represent the sankṣiptavācană. Now let us describe, one by one, all these ten mss.
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-This palm-leaf ms. belongs to Sri Santinātha Jaina Jñānabhaṇḍāra, Cambay. It bears No. 39 (1). It contains folios 1 to 55. Each side of the folio contains 5 or 6 lines and each line contains 108 to 121 letters. Its script is excellent and condition good. In 55th folio there occurs a colophon of the person who got the ms. copied. It is as follows:
Samvat 1301 varṣe aṣāḍha suo 10 sukre dhavalakakkanagaranivasinā prāgvāṭavaṁśodbhavena vyo pasadevasutena gandhikasreṣṭhidhiņākena bṛhadbhrātā siddhäśreyo'rtham savṛttikam anuyogadvarasutram lekhayamcakre ||
udakanalacaurebhyaḥ muṣakebhyas tathaiva ca | rakṣaniyam prayatnena yasmät kaṣṭena likhyate || subham bhavatu caturvidhaśrīśramanasanghasya ||
In folios 56-237 there is the Anuyogadväravṛtti written by Ac. Hemacandra of Maladharagaccha. Folio No. 237 contains a colopho of the person who got it copied. It is as follows: