Niryavaliyasuyakhandha Commentary

Author(s): Srichandra, Royce Wiles
Publisher: Royce Wiles

Page 86

Title: Sthānanga (Skt).
Content: "In the third Anga, the Thananga, as in the Anguttara-nikaya of the Buddhists, various themes of the religion are dealt with in numerical order from one to ten. These enumerations sometimes contain parables in a nutshell... Occasionally, too, enumerations occur which are not directly connected with religion, eg., the ten themes of mathematics (in sūtra 747). This Anga contains important literary data regarding the Siddhanta [ie. the "canon"], especially a table of contents of the Ditthivaya which has gone astray" (Winternitz 1933:2, 441).
References: JRK 454-55; JSBI 1, 172-83; BORI Cat. 17:1, 54-70; Schubring 1935 §45.3.
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Editions: 1880
1.3 THANA (Thāņa.)
1916
Abhayadeva Sūri, Tīkā / Vivaraṇa, composed samvat 1120 [1063], 14 250 granthas. Begins: Śrīvīram Jinanatham. (BORI Cat. 17:1, 62-63; JRK 454-55).
Printed Thana. 1880, 1918-20 [=1985b]; 1937.
Gujarati translation in Thana.1942-51 or 1943-52.
1.1 Sumatikallola and Harsanandana, pupils of Samayasundara of the Kharatara Gaccha, Vivarana on the gathās in Abhayadeva's tīkā (JRK 455).
Nāgarsi Gani, pupil of Kusalavardhana of the Tapa Gaccha, Dīpikā, Sanskrit commentary composed samvat 1657 [1600]. Begins: pranatasurāsuranatham. (BORI Cat. 17:1, 57; JRK 455), 1
Megharāja, of the Parsvacandra Gaccha, Dīpikā (in Gujarātī?) (JRK 455). Printed. Thāna. 1880.
Dhanapati (?), Bālāvabodha (Gujarati) (BORI Cat. 17:1, 59) (or does this = 3 above?). Sthānāngasūtraparyaya (BORI Cat. 17:1, 67–70; JRK 455).
Pārsvacandra, Vṛtti. Begins: Vardhamano Jino (JRK 455).
Vrtti. Begins: Śrīvīram Jina (JRK 455).
Sthānanga sūtra: tṛtīyanga: Gaṇadhara Sudharma Svāmi sankalita sūtra tadupari Śrīmadabhayadeva Sūri kṛtā Samskṛta tīkā aura Megharaja kṛta bhāṣā tīkā yuta / Bṛhannāgarī Launkagacchiya Vacanācārya Śrīrāmacandragani śisya Rṣi Nanakacanda se samśodhita hoke mudrita huvā. Banarasa : Jaina Prabhākāra Jātau, samvat 1937. Isavī san 1880. 8, [4], 596 p. 11 x 30 cm. (Śrīyuta Raya Dhanapatisimha Bahadura kā Āgamasangraha ; 3).
"Pahili daphe 1000 pustakaim. 500 Jainapustaka susaiṭī se, 500 Raya Dhanapatisimha Bāhādura." BORI 38 249
*Thananga sutra / Amolaka Rsiji Maharaja krta Hindi bhasanuvada sahita. Sikandarabada (Daksina): Jaina Sastroddhara Mudralaya, 1916. 900 p.; 13 x 23 cm.
1918-20 Śrīmatsudharmasvāmiganabhṛtprarūpitam Śrīmaccandragacchālaṁkāraśrīmadabhayadevasūrisūtritavivaraṇayutam Śrīmatsthānāngasūtram. Mehesana : Śrīāgamodayasamitiḥ, Vīrasamvat 2445-. Vikramasamvat 1975- Kräiṣṭa 1918-20. 2 v.; 12 x 27 cm. (Agamodaya series; no. 21, 22). [CLIO 4, 2604; BORI Cat. 17:1, 55]
Part 1: 289 [ie. 578] p.-Part 2: [1], 290-528 [ie. 580-1056] p. "Pratayaḥ 1000."
"Many extremely corrupt readings are found in this edition; they are recorded in footnotes [here] in order to illustrate the extent to which the readings get corrupted ..." (Muni Jambūvijaya, Thāna. 1985, 60 (1st group).
[BORI pt.1 only,2 pt. 2 not seen]
Reprint with list of corrections Thana. 1985b.
1 Muni Jambūvijaya has prepared an edition of this work (personal communication Mayurbhai Shah (Pāṭan) 23
October 1998).
2 Title-page signed "C. Krause."