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 BHAGAWATI SŪTRÀ
ii disciples, the fourth with the merā (maryādā) of the saints (Sāhūnam), the fifth with the merā (maryādā) of Samjātis, the sixth with the mischances, the seventh with the avagrah (lordship) of kings, etc. (rājādinām), the eighth with the avagrah of co-religionists or fellow monks (Sadharmikāvagrha), the ninth with Ähāra (meal or food), and the tenth with abhigraha (vow).
(4) The X yāradasão (or Dasasuyakkhanda -Daśaśrutaskandha) is the fourth Chedasūtra containing ten uddeśakas They treat of regulations pertaining to the Vinya (moral training), the course of life and the discipline of the laity and monk (Srāvaka and sādhu).
The eighth is the Kalpa Sūtra which deals with the legends of Lord Mahāvīra and other religious leaders and the rules of conduct for the Yatis (monks). The ninth dasão called Mohanijjatthānañ contains legends and a sermon of the Master delivered in Campă under the rule of king Koniya (Kuņika) on the topic 'Mohanijjatthāņāim' the causes which lead to the assimilation of Mohanżya-karma into the embodied soul.
The tenth dasão called Ayatiţthana deals with the sermon of Lord Mahāvīra on the distraction of the mind of all monks and nuns except Indrabhūti and Candanbālā by the splendour of king Seņiya and queen Cellanā during their attendance to his religious discourse,
(5) The Brhatkal pa Sutra, having six uddeśakas treats of ordinances for the Jaina monks and nuns in regard to that of which is proper (kappai) and that which is not, such as, restric. tions regarding food, apparatus, etc.
The Nandīsūtra and the Anuyogadvāra Sútra are the two miscellaneous works-the former consisting of three sections contains a versified list of Tirthankaras, of the Gañadharas and thirty other teachers and then in prose a theory of knowledge and a classification of the works constituting the Siddhānta. This last part is most precious document for the history of the Jaina Canon.
The Anuyogadvāra seems to be another redaction of the Nandīsütra dealing with a theory of knowledge and a classi