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STUDY OF TITTHOGĀLIYA
The Yugal conception of the Vedic tradition and the Avasarpini of the Jainas have a common feature of degradation in Bhāratavarsa in every respect. Thus the present Kaliyuga of the Vedic tradition and the Dusama of the Jainas are the periods when degradation has taken place in every respect in comparison with their previous period of Sātya and Susamadusama. So, it is but natural that degradation of the religious life should take place and so we find such narration in the religious literature. However it may here be noted that according to Vedic Tradition the kingcan change this process of degradation but according to the Jainas there is no such possibility. I propose to give the gist of my study of a work 'Titthogāliya (Sk. Tírthodgalika“) which mainly deals with the degradation of the Jaina Tirthas. Unfortunately though included in the list of the 84 Agamas the work is not yet published. So, I have to base my study on the copy of the mss. of the work Titthogāliya supplied very kindly by Muni Shri Punyavijayaji. MSS OF THE WORK :
The Jainagranthăvali on p. 62 and Jinratnakosa on p. 161 give information regarding the availability of the mss. of the Titthogāliya. Also Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Cat. Vol. XVII part I gives description of three mss. of Titthogāliya having No. 395 to 397.
Though the work itself gives us the information that it contains 1233 gathass, we find different number of gathas in different mss. The copy before me has 1251 gathas and some other mss. has 1254 gathas. And also we find the difference of granthāgra mentioned at the end of the mss. Some have 1565 while others have 1570 granthāgras.
The press copy before me is based on a palmleaf mss. copied in V. S. 1452 at Patan at the instance of Achārya Sundara Sūri of Tapagaccha. The three mss. with B.O.R.I. are dated V. S. 1584, 1612 and 1671 respectively.
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