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A NOTE ON LORD MAHAVIRA'S CLAN
sligarchog fHGTER SOCIETY: I raref-of-38 The comm. on this is- 'FIM 714 afrufasta: ruf fastest g&archa:' It should be noted here that even FAIRYUUTA (4.550) mentions Näha Vaṁsa quite different from Ikkhāgakula. It speaks of these Vamsas : Kuru, Nāha, Ugga, Yādava and Ikkhāku. Āvaśyakacūrni explains the Nāta as - MG: FA3999791fRT FAUTI MAAT'p. 245. Here we can see an attempt to relate the Nāya kula with Rsabha.
It will be interesting to note the meaning given to Ugga etc. by the Avasyakaniryukti-Uggas were ārakkhi-guards, Bhogas guru—preceptors, Rāinnas were vayaṁsa—friends and the rest were Khattiyas (193). So the Ava. cū. follows the Āva. N. when it includes relatives of Rsabha in the Nāyas.
Commentator Abhayadeva also follows him when he says 37101: 5&alchagfasta : (Comm. on Nāyādhammakahā, p. 153). Jinasena does not mention Näya or Jñāta but mentions Siddhārtha, the father of Lord Mahāvīra as belonging to the Iksvākus - (Harivamsapurāna, 2. 4. 13.), so also is done by the author of Cauppannamahāpurisacariya (p. 271).
Observation of the above given table shows that Harivamsa was included in the list of the prominent Vamsas for the first time by kalpasūtra and it is quite clear that after the inclusion of Krsna story in the Jaina Canonical literature it was necessary to include the Harivamsa in the list. The Jaina purānas have it from the beginning
One more striking fact is to be noted that the Rainna and the Khattiyas are removed from the list and the other ones are included. This also is a deliberate attempt to follow the Vedic North Indian tradition instead of the tradition which was followed by the people of the Bihar-East India, as such practice is not seen in the older Jaina text where we find
"जे माहणे खत्तिय जायए वा तहुग्गपुत्ते तह लेच्छई वा । जे पव्वईए परदत्तभोई गोत्ते न जे थब्भइ माणबद्धे ॥ Süyagada I 13. 10
Here we see that the māhana and Khattiya are separately mentioned differentiating them from Ugga and Lecchai. Same tradition is followed by Ava. Ni. having a minor change, but not giving the place of reputation to the Vedic Puranic Vamśas.
Annotation :
1. Anusandhāna Patrikā 1. 1. 2. itafatata (FG) Ļo PBE. 3. Uvavāia also has this list. see Bhagavati 9. 33 382.
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