Sacred Literature of Jains

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

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SACRED LITERATURE OF THE JAINS
to the inquirer. Mahavira's answer thus treats the question in a three-fold manner. There is here no mention of a ceie caitya, as is the case in other legends ; [336] but a jakkhāyatana of this and that jakkha is continually referred to. The part played by the yakşa here is at least as important as that in the Palisutta of the Buddhists, if not more so ;--- see Ind. Streifen, 3, 5072,- they being in fact exact representatives of the devas 416 of the Brāhmans.
Here, as in angas 7, &c., the first history only is related in detail, all the others being briefly told. The titles of the tales in the first suyakkhamdha are :
1. Miyāputta in Miyagama, son of king Vijaya and Miya, born blind and deaf and dumb, lame, and a cripple, without hands, feet, ears, eyes, nose, and with mere indications (ägii, akrti) of the existence of these parts of the body. The account is similar in anga 3, 10.
2. Ujjhiya (yae V), son of the merchant Vijayamitta and of Subbadda in Vaņiyagāma. A prostitute is here referred to, who was bāvattarikalāpamditā causatthigania-guņovaveta. athārasadesibhāsāvisāradā. The latter are unfortunately not enumerated. (In anga 3, 10 Guttāsa, instead of Ujjhitaka).
3. Abhagga (oggasene V), son of a robber417 Vijaya and of Khamdasiri in the robber-village (corapalli) Salādavi. (In anga 3, 10 ande instead of Abhaggasene.)
4. Sagada, son of the merchant Subhadda and of Bhadda in Sahamjaņi (Also in anga 3, 10).
5. Vahasatidatta, son of the purohita Somadatta and of Vasudatta in Kosambi. (In anga 3.10 mähana). . 6. (337) Namdivaddhaņa, son of king Siridama and of Bandhusiri in Mahura. (In anga 3.10 Namdisena).
7. Umbaradatta, son of the merchant Sagaradatta and of Gamgadatta in Padaliputta. (In anga 3, 10 Udumbara.)
8. Soriyadatta, daughter of the macchamdha (matsyabandha Abh., fisherman) Samuddadatta and of Samuddadatta in Soriyapura. (In anga 3, 10 Soria.)
416 A trace of this in the Sinhāsanadv. Ind. Stud. 15,357, in Hāla, v, 372 Bh. (Ind.
Stud, 16, P, 115). In the commentary on the Suryaprajn. and elsewhere, cerie is
explained by vyantarāyatanam. 417 asilatthipathamamadle....bardiggahanehim ya ; cf. Hala, preface, p. XVII.