Study of Tattvarthasutra with Bhasya

Author(s): Suzuko Ohira
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Sec. 1. MSS OF THE T. S
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The forms of entry are various (no. 1) sambandhakärikā (s. karika) alone; (nos 2-3) text alone; (nos. 5-7) 1-9 s. kärikäs text; (nos. 8-9) 1-9 s. kārikās + text ✦ up. kātikā + 4-6 prasasti verses; (nos. 10-11) mangalacarana + text; (no.12) mangalacarana + text + s. karika+up kārikā; (no. 13) mangalacarana text + 21 up. kārikās 1-9 s. karikas (these 21 up. kärikäs include the original verses1-14, 16-21 and 23; the original verse 18 which is numbered in the MS as 21 comes after the original verse 20); (no.14) Sabhasya T.S.: and (nos.15-17) Digambara text + Sabhasya T.S. The MS B (1532 V. S) and MS D (1467 V. S) which were used for the edition of the T. S. by K. P. Mody appear to have come from the same of our MSS nos. 15-17 above. He notes down that the MS K used by him further adds Siddhasena's commentary on it. Puspikas vary sometimes: (no. 10) iti tattvärthadhigame' Jiva-nirupano nama pañcamo'dhyāyaḥiti tattvärthadhigame"srava-nirūpano nāma şaşṛho'dhyāyaḥ (no.15) tattvärtha dhigame'rhad-vacana-sangrahe bhasyato dasamadhyayaḥ samaptaḥ (no 16) tattvärtha dhigame jina-vacana-san grahe bhagyato dajamo 'dhyayaḥ samaptah/ (no.17) tattvärtha dhigame bhāṣyataḥ dvitiyo'dhyāyaḥ
The Svetambara copies unaccompanied by the Bhagya are thus in all the cases. defiled by the Digambara sutras. And pollution is the worst in the cases of Chs. III and X which underwent a thorough revision in the South. Serial nos. 10-13 are accompanied by the well known verse of benediction, 'mokşamargasya netäram...... which belongs to the Sarvarthasiddhi. Nos. 12-13 push back the s. kärikā to the end of the text as this mangala verse is prefixed at the outset; and strangely enough, a majority of the chapters of these two copies consists of the Digambara sutras. No. 13 is said to have been copied by Bhimaji, pupil of Mahimaprabhasüri of Purnimapaksa, therefore it allegedly belongs to the Svetambara side. The copysts of these MSS seem to be least bothered about whether the text is a Svetämbara version or Digambara version. They tore up the Sabhsaşya T.S. into pieces, mixed the śvetämbara and Digambara sutras, and produced their own versions in effect. They even bound the Digambara text with the Sabhasya T.S., of which practice seems to date back, judging from the MSS used by K. P. Mody, as early as or much earlier than 1467 V. S.
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The palm leaf MS of 1303 V. S. preserved at Sanghavi Pada, Pattan, is again a peculiar copy; an obvious attempt was made here to rearrange the third chapter which is the only chapter in this copy consisting of the Digambara aphorisms. The order of the Digambara sutras rearranged in this chapter is as follows: 1-10/ 20-30