Book Title: Rushibhashit Sutra
Author(s): Vinaysagar, Sagarmal Jain, Kalanath Shastri, Dineshchandra Sharma
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
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fifth couplet of this chapter, where he says, 'I am not concerned with the tasty meals and gorgeous abodes for which Sanjay goes into the jungles to kill deer'286 No further proofs are needed to show that Sanjaya of Rishibhashit and Uttaradhyayan is one
person.
The chapter of Uttaradhyayan under reference is titled 'Sanyatiya', which is not correct; it should be titled 'Sanjayiya'. According to Uttaradhyayan, he was a disciple of Gardabhill. In the thirtythird chapter of Rishibhashit it has been mentioned that due to the company of benevolent friends, Sanjay, the king of Mithila, attained godhood. (33/16). But this Sanjay is the King of Mithila whereas Sanjay of Uttaradhyayan is the King of Kampilpur; as such they cannot be taken as same In my Opinion Sanjay of 33rd chapter and the preacher of 39th chapter are different.
In Buddhist tradition seven persons having the name Sanjay are mentioned.287 Besides the earlier teacher of Sariputra and the one well known by the name Sanjay Velatthiputta, no other Sanjay can in any way be connected with Sanjay of Rishibhashit. Buddhist scholars have little dispute in accepting Sanjay Velatthiputta and the earlier teacher of Sariputra as one. He is believed to be one of the six Teerthankar contemporaries of Buddha; so at least the period is same. His joining the Buddhist organisation with Sariputra, Moggalayan, and two hundred and fifty disciples also confirms that he was a prominent Acharya of his age. As such it is an undisputed fact that the earlier teacher of Sariputra and Sanjay Velatthiputta are the same person.
Now the question is that this Sanjay Velatthiputta and the Sanjay of Rishibhashit are also one or not. If we accept the traditional belief that Sanjay of Rishibhashit was a contemporary of Mahavir, then connecting him with Sanjay Velatthiputta, the earlier teacher of Sariputta, who was contemporary of Buddha, has no periodic hurdle. Because when Rishibhashit can compile the discourse of Mankhali Goshal, a contemporary of Mahavir, there can be no objection to compiling the thoughts of Sanjay Velatthiputta.
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