Sambodhi 1998 Vol 21

Author(s): J B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Vol. XXI, 1997
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Other such examples could be adduced. For instance, Muni Jambuvijaya points to the interversion of 2 ajjhayana as in the 2nd Cula. In the sūtra, the 4th chapter advises the monk to beware of pleasant sounds (saddas), while the 5th chapter is directed against pleasant forms and colours (ruvas). In the C, the order is the reverse. Naturally it can, and it is, maintained that one should be guarded against all senses alikes. Nevertheless, elsewhere in the Āyar itself the fivefold "joys and pleasures” are enumerated as consisting, successively, of sadda-pharisa-rasa-ruva-gandha'. Similarly, the bhāvanās relating to the 5th mahāvrata invite, first not to be attached to saddas, secondly not to be attached to ruvas. Taking both the above passages into consideration, it would seem that there is some reason to give preference, in the 2nd Cula, to the order of chapters retained in the Vștti and the Āyaranga manuscripts. To sum up : the superb critical edition of the Āyaranga-sutta procured by Muni Sri Jambuvijayaji invites, and makes possible a further study of the entangled tradition of this fundamental sacred text. What is more, it already provides some insight into the transmission of the difficult scriptures which form the Jain Siddhānta?.
FOOTNOTES: 1. In any case I am glad that, on the occasion of my visit to Ahmedabad, Prof.
Malvania, spared some hours to read various passages with me, in his kind and hospitable home, in the last week of February 1996. I wish to express my affectionate gratitude to Prof. Malvania and all his family for their generosity and the friendly hospitality which they have extended to me since almost thirty years;
and for all that which I could learn, thanks to their solicitude. 2. It will be remembered that the Cūlas are composed of 16 chapters. 3. See a full discussion on this and connected topics in JAS 1, Nandisutta' and
Anuogaddārāi', Editors Muni Punyavijaya, Pt. Dalsukh Malvania, Pt. Amritlal
Mohanlal Bhojak, Bombay 1968, Introduction, Editor's note, p. 77ff., especially 96ff. 4. JAS ed. SS 771; PTS ed. p. 130.26. Translation by Jacobi, in SBE 22. 5. Cf. the Praśamarati-prakarana text quoted in the JAS ed., p. 140 n.l. 6. JAS ed. §. 742; PTS ed. p. 193 § 14. 7. Note : More details are given in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
Proceedings of the International Conference organized in Paris from 25th to 27th January 1996 as a commemoration of the birth centenary of the French Indologist Louis Renou.