Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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Sec. 1] STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATÍ SŪTRA to Utsarpiņā. The 'Yugam' has been placed between the year and century as intermediate gradation and the quinquennial yuga is thereby still used as a system of calculation.
It makes references to seven schisms along with the names of their leaders and the centres of their origin, viz. 1 Bahurayā (Bahurutā), 2 Jrvapadesiyā (Jivapradesikā), 3 Avvattiya (Avyaktikā), 4. Sāmuccheiya (Samucchedikā) 5. Dokiriyā (Dvikiriya), 6. Terāsiyā (Trairāfikās), and 7. Avaddhiyā Abaddhikā) and the seven religious teachers of these seven schisms were Jamāli, Tīsagutta, Āsādha, Asamitta, Gamga, Chalua and Gotthāmāhila, having their respective centres of origin (uppattinagarāim) in Srāvastī, Ķsabhapuru (Usabhapura), Siyabiyā, Mithila, Ullukātīra (Ullugatīra) Pura, Amtarangi and Daśapura.
The Samarāyānga Sūtra' is the fourth Anga, the first part of which gives an exposition of substance and thus supplements the preceding tbird Anga. The last part contains the extent of divisions of the separate Angas with their respective names and a summary of the twelfth Anga-Dithivāya and it furnishes some legendary data on the eminent personalities of the Nirgrantha Order, e.g. Kunthu and others and about the lunar and Naksatra, computation of time and the quinquennial yuga, eighteen kinds of script (Bambhî livi, etc.) forty-six mātrikāpadas, season of the lunar year and seventy-two kinds of kalās (arts of learning).
The Nāyādhammakahāos is composed of two books, the first consists of a series of edifying stories containing moral teachings and the second contains a number of pious legends. These two books are closely inter-related to each other.
The Uvāsagadasão mainly deals with the lessons concerning the Upāsakas (lay disciples) like Ananda of Vānijyagrāma', Saddālaputta of Polāšapura, etc. Its first chapter is the most
116, (S. 587).
Samavāyānga. 8 Nayadhammakahão-Nayā and Dhammakahā. 4 Uvāsagadasão-1. 6 Uvāsagadasão-7.