Descriptive Catalogue of Govt Collections of Manuscripts Part 3

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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Preface
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that Pindanijjutti is after all a supplement to-an off-shoot of Dasaveyaliyasuttanijjutti, and that similar is the case with Ohanijjutti. On this understanding I had a desire to deal wihh PindanijjuttiMss. just after those for Dasaveyaliyasutta, and to deal with Ohanijjutli-Mss. after those for Avassayasutta; but, as it was considered rather inconvenient to follow this line of arrangement in this Catalogue, I have not acted up to it. The late Muni Catura vijayaji, a disciple of Pravartaka Śrimat Kantivijayaji had outlined this plan to some extent as can be seen from p. 25 of Appendix III of his Catalogue of Mss. of the Jaina jñāna-bhaņdāra of Limbdi (“fiaet जैन ज्ञानभंडारनी हस्तलिखित प्रतिओन सूचीपत्र”).
Consideration of space does not permit me to discuss why a particular sequence for the Malasätras, is more scientific than the rest. Consequently it thus gets reserved for being dealt with on some other occasion.' So I may now say a few words about the contents of Part IV. These will include ( 1 ) miscellanea, (2) ritualistic works and (3) appendices. Therein "miscellanea” will consist of works which can be, broadly speaking, divided into two categories as under :
(i) Appendages of the Avassayasutta.
(ii) Works, though not a part and parcel of any of the six well-known groups 2 of the Agamas, are more or less closely related to them.
These works will be followed by “ritualistic works”. This title is self-explanatory. Yet it seems necessary to point out that it will not include each and every work of the Svetambara School. much less any ritualistic work of the Digambara School. The works thus left out here will be separately treated in Vol. XIX, along with those of hymnology, narrative literature etc.
Under the third ( last ) head " Appendices” there will be given nine Appendices already referred to in the Preface (p. xv ) of Part
1 Some discussion in this connection is carried on by me in my work entitled A Comprehensive History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas (pp. 45-48).
2 They are: (1) anga, ( 2 ) uvanga, ( 3 ) pažnyaga, ( 4 ) cheya, 15 ) mīla and (6) cūliva,