Study of Tattvarthasutra with Bhasya

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

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Sec. 2. OMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONS
kārikās 10-12 and 14 rather than in 6Bh of, which illustrations for the 2nd ani 4th causes of the ascendance of a soul are somewhat confused.] X:(8) dharmāstikāyābhāvāt [6Bh. and up. kārikā 22
dharnastikāyābhāvā] (3) III : (12-32) [Description of Jambūdvipa. The Digambara sūtra (24),
'Bharatah şad vimsati-pañca-yojana-sata-vistarah șad-caikona vimsati-bhāgā yojanasya', and (25), 'tad-dviguna-dviguna-vistārā varṣadhara-varsā videhāntāh', are found in UI:11 Bh., 'tatra pañca yojana-satāni șad vimšāni șaț-caikona-vimsati-bhāgā bhārata-viskambhah sa dvir-dvir-himayad-dhaimavatādinām ā videhebhyah'. Sūtra (27), 'bharatairāvatayor vyddhi-hrāsau șat-samayābhyām-utsarpiny-avasarpinibhyām', is located in IV:15Bh., 'tā anuloma--pratiloma avasarpiny-utsarpinyau bharatairāvateşv-anādy-anantam
parivartante ho-rātravat'.] (4) V:(29) sad-dravya-lakşanım
The aphorisms in the first group are of minor nature, the exclusion of which does not upset the major context of the work. The Digambara aphorisms in the second series are all found in the Bhāş ya, some in exact agreement in wording. Prior to the exposition of bhāvanā, VII:3 (3) rends, 'tat stheir pārtham bhavanah pañca pañca.' The word yathākramam accompanying the numerical subdivisions of the categorical items is the author's idiomatic expression, meaning in the enumerated order as immediately explained as follows.' VII:3(3) is not accompanied by the word yathakramam, therefore the further exposition of bhāvanās is not expected to be made. This attests that th: Dizinir sūcra VII:() is not th: original, which is likewise with the case of the aforementioned sücra III:(2) that does not further expound narakas enumerated therein (see Sec. II, 3.4).
As to the 3rd series, the Digambara sūtras III:(12-32), that is, twenty-one, aphorisms out of thirty-nine in Ch[ll, are lacking in the Svetamburu text, among which three aphorisms, i.e., IIT:(24-5, 27) are found in the Bhāsya on VII:11 and IV:15, although their wording is not in exact agreement. The number of missing sūtras here is very large in proportion, thus in the Svetambara text the description of Jambulvipa is strikingly short in comparison with that of the upperworld. These additional aphorisms include:(1) Description of Jambūdvipa as to the mountains, lakes, rivers and size of the regions (12-26), (2) Mode of time in the different regions affected by th: descending and ascending time cycle, and the lifetime of human beings
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