Shatkhandagama Pustak 02

Author(s): Pushpadant, Bhutbali, Hiralal Jain, Fulchandra Jain Shastri, Devkinandan, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahityoddharak Fund Karyalay Amravati

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Tirthamkaras. There is no substantial difference in the name or in the nature of the contents of the fourteen Puvvas in the Digambark and the Svetārbara accounts of them, except that the eleventh Pavva is called Kallānn by one and Avanjham by the other, while there is also some difference in the extent (number of padas) of the twelfth Puvva, Pānāvāya. Both schools agree that some studied the entire Sruta while others stopped at the tenth Puyva. This view, in a way, shows the significance of placing Anuoga or Padhamānuoga before Puvvagaya, for, otherwise, those that stopped at the tenth Puvva could have no knowledge of Anuoga.
The fifth and the last division of Ditthivāda is Culia, which, according to the Digambara school, dealt with the sciences pertaining to Jala, Sthala, Maya, Rupa and Akasa The other school has no account of the Culikas to give except that they were appendexes of the first four Puvvas and that their number was, in all, thirtyfour. But if they were appended to the Puvvas, it remains unexplained why a separate division for them was thought necessary.
The Puvvas are said to have been divided into Vatthus and each Vattbu was subdivided into twenty Pahudas, their total number, according to the Digambara school, being 195 and 3900 respectively. The Kammapayadi - Pahuda, of which the subject--matter has been preserved with all its twentyfour Adhikaras, in the Satkhandāgama, was one of the 280 Pahudas included in the second Puvva Aggeniyam Similarly, the Kasāya-Pāhua of Gunadharacarya is hased upon one of the Pahudus included in the fifth Puvva Ņānapavāda. Nothing corresponding to these portions in age and subject-matter is yet found in the Svetambara literature.
5. Subject-matter, language and style. This volume is entirely devoted to the specification of the various soul qualities under different stages of spiritual advancement and under various conditions of life and existence, which have already been lealt with, in a general way, in the first volume. It is entirely the work of the commentator Virasena who takes his stand upon the foregone Sutras; but the idea of the twenty categories that form the basis of his treatment here is borrowed from elsewhere. He starts by quoting an old verse which names the twenty categories. The earliest work where we find the treatment of the subject under the same twenty categories is the Tiloya--paņnatti. It is, however, still a matter for investigation as to who started the idea of the twenty categories first.
We have tabulated the numerical specifications on each page in order to show the subject at a glance and facilitate reference, and the number of tables is in all 546. The various divisions and subdivisions leading to this high number would become clear by a glance at the table of contents.
The language is throughout Prakrit except for a few Sanskrit passages in the beginning, and by the very nature of the subject matter which consists mostly of enumeration, the style is very indifferent to grammatical forms. In the enumerations