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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
FOREWORD
From the above it is quite clear that the philosophy of the Jayakhyasambită may be conveniently called the Pariņă. mavāda or the Doctrine of Gradual transformation, and not Vivartavāda or Adhyāsavāda (Evolution).
Date of Jayākhya. (1) From DOCTRINAL Viewpoint. In determining the time of the composition of the Jayakhyasambită several facts will have to be taken into consi. deration. For instance, the conversation in the beginning between the Ķşis, Aurva, Samvartaka and Saạạilya is found to be almost in the same form as that of the Purăņas; but later on, the conversation is held between Vişņu Bhagavaa and Närada in the inajor portion of the work. This conversation is worth being compared to the form of conversation met with in the Buddhist Sangītis, where Buddha is introduced in the Assembly of the Faithful and is represented as delivering ser. mons and satisfying the curiosities of his audience on ininor points, or taking recourse to miracles when the audience become hostile and question the authenticity of his doctrines. The conversation, as given in the Jayākhya, particularly between Bhagavan and Nārada cannot however be compared either with that of the Sangiti or of the Purānas; but it resembles the conversation as found in the Hindu Tantras, wbere Mabādeva is represented as conversing with his consort Devi who is either Părvati or Unmattabhairavī or any other of her multifarious forms. The Devi asks questions and these are answered, amplified, and enlarged by Śiva or by his various manifestations. In the Jayākhya also, excepting the earlier part, the whole conversation is similarly carried on, and here Nārada occupies the place of Pārvatī, and Vişnu Bhagavān the place of Mahādeva in the Hindu Tantras. This shows that the present Samhitā is to be regarded more as a Tantra than as a Purāna, or as occupying an intermediate stage between the Purānas and the Tantras. The renaissance of the Tântric school, as has been shown elsewhere, began with the seventh
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