Book Title: Sacred Literature of Jains
Author(s): Ganeshchandra Lalwani, Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan

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________________ SACRED LITERATURE OF THE JAINS 141 two ayaņas the summer solstice is in the first place, the rainy season is first among the seasons, Savaņa (Srāvana) first among the months, the bahulap, among the pakkha, the day among the ahoratta, and Abhijit among the naksatras. Then follows a special discussion of the maksatras,-their position as regards the moon, their divinities, the number of their stars, their gotta, their form, etc., just as in the Nak satrakalpa or in upanga 5; and partly in the form of gāha. The names of the nakṣatras appear here in their secondary form as in up. 5, in anga 3 - see Ind. Stud. 10,286 and above p. 268 :- Savana (instead of Śronā), Dharithā (instead of Śravistha), Bhaddavayā (instead of Prosthapada), Pussa (instead of Tisya). The conclusion is formed by all sorts of remarkable statements in reference to sun, moon, stars, the extent of their vimāņa, etc.; Mars (imgälae viyalae lohitarke) and Saturn (saņichare) are regarded as belonging to the court of the moon; cf. Bhagavatı 1,401,2,225. Jupiter was referred to above; but there is no mention of Mercury, Venus, and the Zodiac. The commentary is by Sänticandra, scholar of Sakalacandra, who lived at the time of the 58th patriarch of the Tapāgaccha Hiravijayasuri (Samyat 1652), recognized by Sri Akabbarasuratrāņa (Sultan). This commentary 768 is very verbose, but in the introduction it contains namerous matters of interest in reference to the relations of each of the (416) 12 upangas to that one of the angas which had a corresponding position among the series of twelve, and in reference to the commentaries thereupon-Silamkācārya (on angas 1.2), Abhayadeva (on angas 3-11 and up. 1), Malayagiri (on up. 2-7), Camdrasuri (on up. 8-12), and finally see above p. 224-in reference to the period of advancement suitable for the study of each of the angas. The full statement in reference to the mutual relation of the angas and upāngas is :-tatrā 'rgāni dvādaśa, upāṁgāny api aṁgaikadeśaprapascarūpāni pråyaḥ pratyargam ekaikabhāvāt tåvarty eva, tatrā 'rgāny åcårargādini pratitāni, tesām upāmgāni kramena 'muni ; acārāṁgasyau "papātikam 1, sütrakrdargasya rājapraśniyam 2, sthināṁgasya jivabhigamaḥ 3, samaväydigasya prajñapanā 4, bhagavatyāḥ sūryaprajñaptiḥ 5, jñātadharmakathingasya jaṁbūdvipaprajñaptiḥ 6, upăsakadaśārgasya candraprajñaptih 7, astak rddaśāṁgädikānāṁ drstivādaparyartänäń pańcānām apy amgānā ņirayāvalikāśrutaskaņdhagatakalpikā -dipaṁcavargåḥ parco 'pāṁgåni, tath hi ; aṁtakrddaśāṁgasya kalpika 8, anuttaropapātikadašāmgasya kalpāvataṁsikā 9, praśnavyákaraṇasya puspita 10, vipākafrutasya puspacülika 11, dịşțivādasya Vrsnidaśa 12, iti. sya prajñapribūdvipaprainanāṁ dȚștivácalpiká -dipamcoropapātikadasama 763 The date of its composition is Samvat 1651 (A.D. 1595); the work was, however, revised for Vijayasena nine years later.

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