Book Title: Sambodhi 1976 Vol 05
Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ Tattvarthasūtra : Verification of Prasasti Tradition ascribes Mahāgirl and Suhasti as the contemporaries of SandOrati, which may be an open question, Even then, Svati's position assigned icroin as his grand-disciple is an improbable fact. Also his position as the redecessor of Śyama, author of the Prajna pana 18 incredible, for the content of the TS. cannot be succeeded by that of the Prajnapana. Śændilya whom Jacobi identifica with Skandlla can neither be acceptable as the granddisok ple of Vacaka, for the content of the T.S standg later than the period of the Canonical Convention at Mathura, His relative chronological position in relation with his predecessors and successors cannot be therefore accepted as it is. Before we get into the inquiry why this could have happened so, we would like to examine the curious fact hero first why Svati's frst ontry In the archive was made in this particular place in relation with Bal189aha with the assigamont of a foreign gotra, because to be the disciple of Balis. saha 18 an obvious interpolation to the Kalpa genealogy, and to have Harita gotra is in conflict with the prasasti record. So we shall go back to the Kalbastra and review how the acaryas involved in this scene are informed of thomselves; (1) Baligsaha (his gotra not mentioned) founder of Uttaraballssaha gana, from which Candanagari bakhă deriyod, (2) Susthita and Supratibuddha (of Vyaghrapatya gotra)--founder of Kos ulka gana, from which Uccairnagari Sakha derived. (3) Srigopta of Harita gotra- founder of Varana gana, from which Vajras nagarı sakha derived. It strikes us to find that the acaryas coming in this scene are all related in someway or other to the sakha called Nagart 1.e, Candaoagari. Vajranagar and Uccairaāgari, to the last of which our author claims to belong. It appears that his entry in the Nandisutra, after which the rest of the texts followed, was made in some connection with these threo Nagari šakhas which are the only dakhas bearing the name Nagari in the Kalpasitra. Then what is the probable reason that the Nandı allowod his entry to relation with Nagarı sakha ? We shall speculate on this point with regard to his Gotra and to his relation with Balıssaha. (1) GOTRA. Nandı cūrni and the other commentaries do not raise any doubt as to why the Nandisüllra assigned Harita gotra to Svati We shall propose a proba. ble archival error occurred in the Nandisutra in the following way. Uccairnagara is, a8 already mentioned, known also ag Varana, an ancient kingdom which 18 counted as one of the twenty-five and a half Aryan countries for the Jalnas. Nandi author likely confused Uccairnagara with Sambodhi, 5.2-3

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