Book Title: Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra
Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

Previous | Next

Page 453
________________ 428 STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA [Ch. VII The account of his birth as given in the BhS is supported by the evidence of the Sumangala-Vilasini1 which agrees with the former in stating that the name 'Gośāla' was attributed to him on the ground of his birth of a slave-girl in a cowshed.* It is recorded there that one day, while walking with an oil pot in his hand on a patch of muddy ground, he stumbled off and fell down, and thus broke it due to his carelessness despite his master's warning, "My dear man, take care lest you stumble, "T'ata-ma-khaliti." So fearing the chastisement from his angry master he ran up, but he was overtaken by his master who caught him by the edge of his garment. Letting his cloth go behind him, he fled away naked to a village the people of which offered him clothes out of kindness. But he refused to put them on, hoping to be honoured as a holy man or naked Arhat. Thus he was known as Mankkhali the name derived from the last words 'Ma khali' used by his master to take care of the oil pot. In the Grammar of Paninis there appears Maskarin as a Parivrājaka (Maskara-maskariņau veņu-parivrājakayoḥ) who has been identified with Maskarin Gośala on the following grounds as explained by Patanjali that "A Maskarin Parivrājaka is not so-called, because there is a Maskara (bamboo-staff) in his hand......Do not perform action, but seek peace as the highest end. This is their teaching, who are therefore called Maskarin (Mā kṛita karmāņi mā kṛita karmāņi, śāntirvaḥ śreyasityāhāto Maskarī parivrājakaḥ)." The evidence of Panini as! supported by the Divyāvadāna where Gośāla Mańkhaliputra appears by the name of Maskari 1 Sumangalavilāsinī (Samaññaphala Sutta) - Buddhaghosa's comm, on the Dighanikaya, II, 3, pp. 143 ff. 2 Ib, II, 3, pp. 143 ff. 3 Panini, iv, 1, 154. Vide 'India as known (to Paṇini,' p. 381. 4 Patanjali Bhāṣya, III, 96. 5 Divyāvadāna-p. 143. See C. D. Chatterjee, 'A. Hist. charac ter in the Reign of Asoka', Bhandarkar commemoration Vol. p. 331. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686