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Foreword
Influence/Confluence of Agamic Thoughts in 'Niyamasara'
and Other Granthas
The seeds of Śri Dharma sown by Lord Tirthankara, nurtured by the Ganadharas and the śrutadharas, have been propagated and preserved through many granthas. Acarya Kundkunda's works have influenced many latter-day works in Prakrit, Sanskrit and Tamil. There would obviously be some overlap of stanzas or parts thereof among Acarya's works and in other scriptures. Many such comparisons have already been cited with detailed descriptions in this book. Some gāthās are so important that they find mention in more than one Scripture. The following are such additional examples:
1. The gathā no. 2 is repeated with an emphasis of sammattam (Right Faith) as mokkhauvão (means of mokṣa) in 'Mūlācāra' gāthā no. 202 as:
मग्गो मग्गफलं ति य दुविहं जिणसासणे समक्खादं ।
मग्गो खलु सम्मत्तं मग्गफलं होइ णिव्वाणं ॥ २०२॥
2. The gathā no. 9 being basic in description finds almost repetition in 'Pravacanasara' (no. 135) and 'Pańcāstikāya' (no. 4, 22, 67, 91 and 98).
3. The gathā no. 40 is repeated from 'Samayasara' gāthā no. 54. 4. Gāthā no. 45 is repeated in 'Pravacanasara' (no. 132) and 'Pańcastikaya' (no. 51).
5. The gathā no. 46 is repeated in 'Samayasara' as gāthā no. 49. and 'Pravacanasāra' gāthā no. 172, Pańcāstikāya' no. 127 and 'Bhāvapahuḍa' no. 64.
6. Gāthās no. 49 and 86 echo in 'Samayasara' as gāthās no. 44 and 234, respectively.
7. Gāthās no. 90 and 98 are comparable with the gathā no. 328 of 'Samayasara' and no.73 of 'Pańcāstikāya'.
8. Gāthā no. 100 is emphasized in 'Samayasara' gāthā no. 277.
9. Gāthā no. 136 similarly resonates with gathā no. 412 of 'Samayasara'.
10. Gāthā no. 174 is comparable with the 'Pravacanasara' gāthā no. 44.
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