Shravakachar of Vasunandini

Author(s): Signe Kirde
Publisher: Signe Kirde

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2 INTRODUCTION
with vaiyavrtiya, which is
I decided to study a section of a Jain manual on ritual, I collected pieces of information in India. I had the chance to observe for instance some of the daily activities of Jain laypeople. In course of time I became aquainted with vaiyāurttya, which is otherwise known as atithi-samvibhāga: "sharing with the guests". It is characterised well very by Williams 1963:150, 243 with the explanation: sharing with a houseless monk on his almsround, a person who has no tithi, i.e. is "unfettered by fixed dates that are important in secular life". In order to find a literary approach to Jain ethics I asked laypeople and mendicants to recommend books and papers in English and Hindi, which are used for religious instruction. A list of those pieces of reference literature is now presented which has not been included in my bibliography.
1. Jaina-siddhānta-praveśikā.18 2. Jaina-siddhānta-darpana.19 3. Chahadhāla.20 4. Bhagavān Mahavira kā buniyādi chintana.21 5. Paramātmaprakāśa.22 6. Dhyāna-sataka.23 7. Dhyāna-stava 24 8. Samādhi-Tantra.25
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My introduction to the Jain patterns of purification is mainly based on the English translation of Ts, Jain's long introductory essay to the edition of Sr, and Williams' and Sogani's monographs. For a better understanding of the philosophical framework of Sr (57-205) a synopsis of the whole manual is presented below (Tables 1-2). With regard to the Jain doctrine Vasunandin outlines the Tattvas in Sr (1-56ff.) which corresponds to the Ts of Umāsvāmin, chapters II, VI, VIII-IX. The rules of ethical conduct (Ts VII) which are based on the Jain categories have a parallel in Sr (206ff.), while the
that branch which stands in relation to the ancient Mūla-sangha. But this branch has not been continued until today under this designation, since it was replaced by other schools and sects. The evaluation of the Caranánuyoga-section in Devasena's voluminous treatise Bhāva-samgraha which is older than Vasunandin's manual, and modern commentaries inclusive the related didactic literature of Central Indian Jainism, is still a desideratum. We find some pieces of information on genealogies of Dig. authors in epigraphical sources and colophons discussed in Premi 1956. Okuda (1975:13-15) who examines the fifth chapter of Vattakera's Māc holds that there must have existed a younger commentary tradition related to Kundakunda's works in South India.
18 By Pandit Gopāladāsa Baraiyā. Bombay, 1928. (Anantakirti Digambar Jain Granthamālā Samiti).
19 An English summary has been published: Short Reader to Jaina Doctrines. Translated by Hemachandra Jaina. Sonagadh, 1979.
20By Daulatarāma. Mathura, 1948; Indaur, 1980: Delhi, 1993.
21 By Jayakumāra Jalaj. English translation: The Basic Thought of Bhagavan Mahavir. Jaipur/ Mumbai, 2005/ 2006.
22By Yogîndudeva. Mumbai, 2007. (Pandit Nāthurāma Premi Research Series). 23 By Jinabhadragani. Bangalore, 2002. 24 By Bhāskaranandin. New Delhi, 1973. 25 By Pujyapāda. Mumbai, 2006. (Pandit Nāthurāma Premi Research Series).