Sacred Literature of Jains

Author(s): Ganeshchandra Lalwani, Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan

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SACRED LITERATURE OF THE JAINS
each of the single members of these two groups; and the statements in question are not in exact accordance with the contents of any single one. This latter remark holds good in the case of the special statements in reference to the contents of anga 10, to which we do not find any such stereotyped introduction. These special statements suit the name of the anga, but not its present contents. It is of great significance that the statements in anga 3, 10 (see above, p. 272) are essentially in accordance with these now under discussion. This agreement [293] makes it extremely probable that the contents of the tenth angam, as it then existed, was in harmony with these statements,
To the detailed consideration of the 12 angas there is appended here, as in the Nandi, a passage on the entire duvālasamgaṁ gaṇipidagam. This deals partly with the attacks, which it was subjected to in the past, 208 which it now experiences in the present and will experience in the future, partly with the devoted acquiescence which is its lot to meet with in these three periods and concludes with the declaration of its certain existence for ever : na kajāi na āsi, na kayai na'tthi, na kayāi na bhavissati.
The concluding portion of the fourth anga consists of frequent reference to the legendary hagiology and history of the Jains, genealogical enumerations (and others of different content) of parents, wives, etc. of the Kulakaras, 24 Titthakaras, 12 Cakkavațţis 9 Baladevas, 9 Dasåras, 9 Vāsudevas, partly in metrical form (śloka and āryā). Towards the end there is a transition to prophecy (construction in the future). Our information here varies in part very materially from that contained in Hem. 26 fg. 691 fg. and is not preserved in the MSS. with any great consistency. Hence it appears that our knowledge is not complete, but is derived from accounts of a partial nature which is in need of additional supplementary testimony. Some of the MSS. afford at one time generous information and at another limited data.
The survey of contents of anga 4, contained in the detailed account of the angas, runs as follows : se kim taṁ samaväe ? samaväe naṁ sasamayà sūijjaħti [294] parasamayā s, jāva logāloge sūijjasti207 ; samavāenam egādiyāṇam egatthāņaṁ eguttariyaparivaddhi ya208 (duvālasar
206 According to Abh., attacks at the hands of Jamali, Goșthāmāhila, etc., i.e. the
representatives of the seven schisms. 207 N. has instead of suijjaħti everywhere samāsijjanti and, as in the case of 3, the
order jiva., loe..., sasamae. 208 parivuddhiya A.