Study of Tattvarthasutra with Bhasya

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

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Sce. 4. VERIFICATION OF PRAŠASTI
The geneological tables of these patļāvalis pertaining to Umāsvāti disagree one another to a great extent, and we cannot rely upon any one of them immediately. These are classified into three groups above so that their internal relationship can be easily traced. The pattāvalis in the Group I unanimously place Svāti before Syāmācārya, those in the Group II after Jinabhadra, and those in the Group III before Jinabhadra. Svāti is thus spoken in close connection with śyāmācārya and Jinabhadra. Group II offers the genealogies of prathamodaya and dvitiyodaya yougapradhānas. Herein the lineage of prathamudaya yugapradhānas follows the table of the Group I, which refers to Syāmācārya but drops a mention of Svāti (Syāti is mentioned in its avacūri p. 17), and the lineage of dvitiyodaya yugaoradhānas places Umāsvāti after Jinabhadra. Group II is evidently attempting to shift Unāsvāti's chronological position to the later period. In IIT. 6, Umāsvāti comes much later than Haribhadrasūri of the 8th century A. D., of which impossible occasion seems to have happened due to the effect of the verse inserted before tbe turn of Jinabhadra in I1.4, avacūri p. 18. It seems therefore that the last group was likely influenced by the table of the second group which was obviously derived from the first grovp. Then the materials in the first group alone deserve further investigation.
The pattāvalis in the first group consists of (1) Nandi pattāvali and its commentaries, and (2) two independent texts. A glance over these genealogies makes it patent that the Nandisutra is the archetype of the rest of the works. Svāti who has no place in the Kalpasūtra finds a seat in the Nandisūtra onwards bearing Härita gotra. Two characteristic features are noticed in the mode of his entry in these archives, namely, his gotra and his relative position in the genealogy. We shall examine these points below against the record of the Kalpa therävali. (1) Gotra
The Nandisūtra and its commentaries ascribe Harita gotra to Svāti as well as to śyāmācārya, while the other two pattāvalis do not refer to it. Umāsvāti speaks of his gotra as Kaubhişaņa. Syāmācārya, if he is identified with Kalakacārya, is said in the Kalpasūtra as of Gotama gotra. The Kalpa therāvali assigns Harita gotra to Srigupta alone, who is the founder of the Vāraņa gana (said to be Cārana in the Kalpasūtra, which has been corrected into Varana by Būhler on the inscriptional evidences.) (2) Relative position (a) Predecessors (1) Mabāgiri -- Balissaha --- [Svāti] all except I. 3
Suhasti Mahāgiri -- Balissaha -- (Svāti) I. 3 (Sriguru pattāvali)
[etad várake] Suhasti ---- Susthita--Supratibuddha
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