Sacred Literature of Jains

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

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SACRED LITERATURE OF THE JAINS
bhagavaṁto, in 9, 32 Paojje Gamgee. Pasa bimself never appears here288 though the conversion of his adherents to the doctrines of Mabāvira is often alluded to.289 The Vesali-sāvayas too and their adherents appear as his older contemporaries; this is the case in 2,1 Pimgalae Vesāli-sävae (s. Bhagav. 1, 440.2, 184, 197, 249). 12, 2. See above, p. 262, 263 in reference to Vesālia as a designation of Mahavira himself. The following are additional names : Niyamțhiputta 5, 8, Saṁkha-ppă. mokkhă samanovāsa gă 12, 1, Pokkhali, ibid., Gaddabhāli 2, 1, Dhammaghosa 11, 11, Sumamgala 15, 5, etc.
Imdabhūti appears as the "oldest" scholar of Mahăvira, Aggibhati as the ''second", Vāyubhūti240 as the "third". Some of the usual names of the scholars of Mahā vira are not mentioned at all-especially that of Sudharman ; and of those that are referred to Moriyaputta appears in an unusual connextion, viz as a predecessor [301] of Mahavira (3, 1),241 while Maņdiyaputta is here too designated as his scholar (3,3.) Besides him there are other scholars whose names are not found in the later usual list of Vira's scholars; e. g. Roha 1, 6, Khamdaya, Kaccāyaṇa, 2, 1, Kurudattaputta and Tisaya 3, 1, Nārayaputta 5, 8, Samahatthi 10, 4, Anamda and Supakkhatta 15, Māgamdiyaputta 18, 3; see Bhagav, 2, 195. We find in 9, 33 the history of his opponet Jamali and in book 15242 that of his 'shade of a scholar' (sişyābhāşa) Gosāla Mamkbaliputta related in great detail. There are here and there a few statements of an historical colouring so e.g. the incidental mention (7, 9) of a victory of Vajji Videhaputta (cf. up 8) over nine MalaiMallai Mallaki) and nine Lecchai (Lecchaki - Licchavi) kings. of Kāśi-Kosala at the time of king Koņia, Kūņia of Campā, or of Mahā vira
238 In up. 10,11 he appears in person as a teacher, and even till the present day he has
received honours as such. The uvasaggaharastotram, assigned to Bhadrabāhu,
is dedicated to him, see Jacobi, 1. c. p. 12,13, and my remarks on upang. 2 below. 239 Conversion from the câujjāma dhamma to the pañca mahavvayāim see Bhagav.
2, 185 ; Jacobi, ante, Vol. IX. p. 160. 240 These three names in bhūti are probably naksatra names; see Ind. Stud. 4, 380,
81,3,130 : Nak sa. 2,320. 241 See Bhag. 1,440 in reference to chronological conclusions to be drawn from this
name. 242 Gosāla's anekadha janma maranam ca ; according to the Vidhi prapā this book had
another title Gosālayasaye reyanisaggāvaranāmaye anunnāe. This name, which appears in the MSS. of Bhag, at the very close of the book, occurs (see page 224) as that of a text designed for the eighteenth year of study whereas anga 5 is designed for the tenth year. Since this book, not like the others, is egasara, i. e not divided into uddesagas, it may be assumed that it is an independent text, which at a later period found a resting place here. Leumann thinks that he can discover in the Bhag. several other of the texts mentioned, p. 224; e. g. the āsīvisabhāvanā in 8,2,1 (cf. anga 3,4,4), the cāraṇabhāvana in 20,9, the mahasuminabhāvanā in 16,6.