Study of Tattvarthasutra with Bhasya

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

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Sec. 4. VERIFICATION OF PRAŠASTF
Svāti is interpolated after Balissaha to the list of the Kalpa genealogy. The second table is essentially the same with the first one, excepting that it brings in Susthita - Supratibuddha of suhasti line against Balissaha
as the rivals. (b) Successors
The Nandisātra is doubtlessly responsible for formulating the lineage of
[Svāti]--Śyāma--Sandilya, to which the rest of the texts take recourse. The tradition ascribes Mabāgiri and Suhasti to be the contemporaries of Samprati, which may be an open question. Even then, Svāti's position assigned herein as his grand-disciple is an improbable fact. Also his position as the predecessor of śyāma, author of the Prajñå panā, is incredible, for the content of the T. S. cannot be succeeded by that of the Prajñāpanā. Šāņdilya whom Jacobi identifies with Skandila can neither be acceptable as the grand-disciple of Vācaka, for the content of the T. S. stands later than the period of th: Canonical Convention at Mathurā. His relative chronological position in relation to his predecessors and successors cannot be therefore acceptable as it is. Before we get into an inquiry why this could have happened so, we would like to examine the curious fact here first, i. e., why Svati's first entry in the archive was made in this particular place in relation to Balissaha with the assignment of a foreign gotra, because to be the disciple of Balissaha is an obvious interpolation to the Kaipa genealogy, and to have Hārita gotra comes into conflict the prasasti record. So we shall go back to the Kalpasūtra and review how the ācāryas involved in this scene are informed of themselves : (1) Balissaba (his gotra not mentioned)—the founder of Uttarabalissaha gana,
from which Candanāgari sākbā derived. (2) Susthita and Supratibuddha (of Vyāghrāpatya gotra-the founder of kotika
gana, from which Uccairpāgari sākhā derived. (3) Srigupta of Hārita gotra--the founder of Vāraņa gana, from which Vajra
nāgari sākhā derived. It strikes us to find that the ācāryas coming in this scene are all related in one way or the other to the sākhä сalled Nāgari, i. e., Candanāgari, Vajranagari and Uccairnāgari, to the last of which our author claims to belong. It appears that his entry in the Nandisūtra, after which the rest of the texts followed, was made in some connection with these three Nāgari sākhas which are the only sākbās bearing the name Nagari in the Kalpasūtra. Then what is the probable reason that the Nandi allowed his entry in relation to Nagari sakha? We shall speculate on this point with regard to his gotra and his relation to Balissaha. (1) Gotra
The Nandi cūrni and the other commentaries do not raise any doubt as to why the Nandisūtra assigned Hārita gotra to Svāti. We shall propose a probable archival
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