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INTRODUCTION
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The description of exhalation-inhalation (ucchväsa-nihśvāsa) etc. occurs in gathās 14-16 of Jyotişkarandaka and that of samaya, pūrvänga, purva etc occurs in gāthås 70-80 of the same work. On comparing these gäthas with the concerned textual portion of Anuyogadvärasūtra, we find some factual difference. See 367th Sūtra of Anuyogadvärasūtra contained in the work entitled 'Namdisuttaṁ Aņuogad dārāim ca' published by Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya.
In Jyotiskarandaka (găthás 144-146), the order of 28 Nakşatras is from Abhijit to Uttarāsādhā, whereas in Anuyogadvārasūtra it is from Kșttikā to Bharani; see the abovementioned edition of Anuyogadvárasūtra, sūtra 127.
On account of my advanced age and other obstructions, the energy of my body and mind has become very limited. Twice or thrice I attempted to write a note on the important and special information available in the work, but in these attempts I was exhausted at last. Moreover, my eye-sight has become very weak. So I tell the enthusiastic and studious readers desirous of knowing more, that on comparing the material presented in Jyotişkarandaka with that presented in various Jaina canonical works they will find difference at various places. As for instance, see 25th gātha of Jyotişkarandaka and 322nd sūtra of Anuyogadvärasutra.
Again special information about tulāvidhāna (making of a weighing balance), tola-mäpa (system of weights and measures) and kālamana (measure of time) is available in Jyotişkarandaka. If we compare this information with that available in the entire Indian literature, there is all the possibility of our acquiring specially useful material we should know.
Acknowledgement
I offer my reverential salutation to my Late guru Āgamaprabhākara Muni Shri Punyavijayaji, a world renown scholar of great eminence, who trained me in the field of critically editing the old texts with his unbounded affection and grace. Internally at his heart he was a mahābrāhmana and externally in his overt conduct he was a mahāśramana. He was an Ocean of Scriptural Knowledge and Good Conduct.
With esteem, I salute Rev. Muni Shri Jambuvijayaji, an internationally renowned scholar of Indian Philosophy and Jaina scriptures as well, embodiment of faith, knowledge, self-control and penance, well-versed in many languages and enhancer of the glory of
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