Tiloy Pannati Part 2

Author(s): Vrushabhacharya, A N Upadhye, Hiralal Jain
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur

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INTRODUCTION
2) Pt. Mahendrakumar has ehown that Jinabhadra Kṇamäśramana's reference to adera-kasiya in his Visesävasyakabhasya (Saka 531, i. e., A. D. 609) has possibly in view Yativṛṇabha's discussion in his Carnisatras now incorporated in the Jayadhavala. B. 1) Yativṛsabha has not remembered any earlier authors, though an improved reading in TP IX. 69 may suggest that he is mentioning by slcsa the name of Gunadhara along with his name. But this will not help us much to settle his date. 2) At IV. 1211, there is a mention of Balacandra Saiddhantika. The first question is whether this verse can be attributed to Yativṛgabha, the author of TP. My reply is in the negative. The context shows that the verse concerned has no inherent connection with the text. The earlier verse says that all the Tirthakaras, excepting Rsabha, Vasupujya and Neminatha, attained Liberation in the Kayotsarga position. Any intelligent and devoted reader or copyist would feel like invoking the blessings of Tirthakaras at this context; and I do not feel any doubt that Balacandra Saiddhantiks must have been a close reader, if not a copyist, who added such a verse at that context. The title Saiddhantika is borne by many teachers like Nemicandra, Viranandi, Maghanandi etc., and it is indicative of their proficiency in Siddhants. There have flourished many Balacandras, and we have to find out one who is called Saiddhantika either in literary or in epigraphic sources. An additional verse like this is a good pointer to give rise to suspicion whether learned readers and copyists might have added elucidatory passages here and there from other sources. Any way this mention of Balacandra does not and cannot help us to settle the date of Yativṛsabha.
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3) It is interesting to note that TP mentions earlier works and their divergent opinions. We may list them here with critical observations and see how far they would. help us to settle the age of Yativṛsabha.
Aggayaniya (Loyavinicchaya-m-Aggayanie IV. 1982): As I understand it, this is a reference to Agriyaniya, the 2nd of the 14 Purvas included in the Drstivada, the 12th Anga. In earlier Präkrit sources it is spelt as Agganiyam or Aggeniyam. If the samhdhi-consonant is separated as noted above, the reading Maggayanie really stands for Aggayanie; and I feel that Saggāyaṇi (IV. 217, 1821, 2029), Samgayani (VIII. 272), Sargaini (IV. 2448), Sahgoyani (IV. 219) Samgahani (VIII 387) are just corrupt readings arising out of similitudo of orthography etc. When this text is being so often referred to with its dissenting views clearly specified, it only means that the Author of TP had inherited a detailed knowledge of the Agrayaniya-parva.
Ditthivada (Drstivada): There are at least three clear references to Dṛṣṭivada (I. 99, 148, IV. 55), and the Author of TP shows positive acquaintance with, if not positive inheritance of, the contents of it. Though the lists of its contents and divisions are preserved, the Jaina tradition is uniform in saying that the knowledge of it became gradually extinct. Some lines of Teachers might be knowing bits of it here and there. It is lately shown by Dr. Hiralal Jain (Dhavala, vols. I & II Intros., Amraoti 1939-40) that major portions of Jivatṭhāna ete. have been taken from Agrayaniya-pürva, the 2nd Purva, a subsection of the Drstivada.
Parikamma (Parikarma): The author discusses his apparent difference from what is stated in the Parikamma (p. 765). Possibly this is a reference to the commentary of that name on the first three Khandas of the Satkhandigama attributed to Padmanandi alias Kundakunda (Dhavala, vol I, Intro. pp. 31, 46-48). Pt. Mahendrakumar has expressed a doubt whether the Parikarma (Jayadhavala I, Intro. p. 36) was a work dealing with calculatory sciences.