Doctrine of Jainas

SR No.: 011097
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Walther Shubring, Wolfgang Beurlen
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 309
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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THE NÜL ASUTTAS
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of instruction (puhatta and apuhatta)' leads back to the two patriarchs Ajja-Vaira and Ajja-Rakkhiya the latter having played a role in it. Then there follows the description of the 7 schisms (778-788). It seems that LEUMANN, when following WEBER'S counting of 20 sections (which was wrong since WEBER took the uvagghāja-nujutti as No. 8), attributed No. 8 to the discussion mentioned. The Uvagghāyanijjutti closes with v. 879.
The main portion deals with the 6 āvassaya in their due order preceded by the (9.) Namokkāranijj. (881-1019), 2 (10.) Sāmāiya (1020-1062), (11.) Cauvisatthaya (1063-1109), (12.) Vandanā (1110-1235), (13) Padıkkamana (1236-1412), (19.) Kāussagga (1413-1549), (20.) Paccakkhāna (1550-1617). Section 14 to 18 are excursions into 13. viz : (14.) Jhānasaya by Jinabhadra (1-105), (15 ) Paritthāvanıyānijjuttı (1-148) about "leaving aside” animate and inanimate objects, (16.) Padikkamanasamghayani, a list of important categories from 6 up to 30, comp. Anga 3, (17) 32 joga-samgaha, kinds of mental discipline, (1269-1314) and 33 āsāyanā, see Ayaradasão No. 3, (18) Asajjhāıyanijj. (1315-1412).
In LEUMANN's words (Ubersicht p. 296) the whole of the Āv, nujj. is a manual of fundamental significance. Thanks to introduction and excursions it is far above the Nijjuttıs of later composition and rich in legends, myths, anecdotes, allegories and parables, the interpretation of which is left to the commentators since they are presented in the poor shape of catchwords only.
Comm. Cunnı (printed), Tikā by Haribhadra; the same by Malayagiri; Visesāvassayabhāsa by Jinabhadra; Višeśāvasyaka
I This calls for a brief explanation Research (apuoga) is concerned with practice (carana-karananuoga), is homiletic (dhammakaha'nuoga), 13 calculating (ganiyanuoga), and speculative (daviyanuoga), comp Dasav nii 3 (kale to be dropped) Now, if in explaining of one Sūtra all the 4 ar. are practised, we have "accumulation" (apuhalta); if according to contents no more than I an, we have'isolation"(buhatta), see Dasav nuj 4 comm. and Av nijj 762 The Digambaras have the literary divisions of prathama-, karana-, dradyas, and carana-anuyoga, ie, world-history, astronomy, philosophy, and ethics, thus indicating a reflex of that old classification.
2 These figures as well as the following have been taken from Māni. kyasekhara's Āvašyakanıryuktıdipika (Bhav. 1929-1941).