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..લવાદી ચર્ચાને અને આવેલે લવાદશીને નિર્ણય ].
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ceased to be the date of Samvatsari and as such a major Parva Tithi. It however continued to be a holy and auspicious day under the Law along with Dvitiya, Ekadashi etc. There are thus two religious rites of the Svetambara Murtipujaka Jains which are Tithiniyata, observable on a fixed tithi, and they are Samvatsari on Chaturthi of the bright half of Bhadrapada and Chaturdashi for Paksika. Panchami of the bright half of Bhadrapada lost its importance as major parva tithi.
I do not therefore see why Acharya Sagarananda Suri should frame the second part of Principle No. iii given on page 12 ( Page No. 255 of this book ) above and make an attempt to go in for ksaya or vrddhi of Trtiya in case of ksaya or vrddhi of Panchami in the bright half of Bhadrapada. That there is no justification, no authority of any valid Shastra, nor any Jitavyavahara for that principle, will be discussed in detail under Issue No. VIII.
Issue No. VIII
Acharya Sagarananda Suri wants to interpret Umasvati's Rule so as to yield the following: -
(i) In the case of ksaya of a parva tithi in the Laukika Panchanga, the tithi preceding the parva tithi should be regarded as ksina.
(ii) In the case of vrddhi of a parva tithi in the Laukika Panchanga the tithi preceding the parva tithi should be treated as vrddha.
; (iii) In the case of ksaya or vrddhi of the second of the two consecutive parva tithis such as Purnima or Amavasya or Panchami in the bright half of Bhadrapada, the tithi preceding the first parva tithi should be treated as ksina
or vrddha. ..! My findings with reference to his interpretation of Umasvati's Rule are :
(i) The interpretation of Umasvati's Rule as given by Acharya Sagarananda Suri does not conform to the accepted canons of interpretation.
(ii) The reasons given for this interpretation are not convincing. (iii) The authorities cited in support are of uncertain authenticity.
(iv) There is no valid and sufficient evidence to prove that it is the long established practice, Jitavyavahara, of Devasura Tapagaccha.
Before I proceed to give my reasons for the above findings, I must note that both parties are agreed in holding that for religious observance of the Jains they require a tithi which must touch sun-rise; in other words, they want a tithi which is audayiki. Now a ksina tithi does not touch sun-rise at all, while a yrddha tithi touches sun-rise on two days. For obtaining an audayiki tithi in the first case, they must name the preceding tithi by the name of ksina tithi. For this there must be an originating or creative injunction
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