Canonical Literature Of Jainas

SR No.: 022774
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H R Kapadia
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 286
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 26 MB

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THE EXTINCT AGAMAS OF THE JAINAS
Sūri in Samvat 1833. There he is represented as a contemporary of Lord Mahāvira.
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Both of these works are satisaya. So says Kotyācārya in his com (p. 201) on Visesă (v. 555). Maladharin Hemacandra Suri, too, says the same thing. It may be noted that both these commentators have given Samutthāna as the Samskṛta equivalent of Samuṭṭhāna; but Jinadasa Gani differs from them; for, he says in Nandicunni (p. 49 ) : “समुवट्ठाणसुयं ति वत्तव्वे वगारलोवातो समुट्ठाणसुयत्ति भणितं "
Samuṭṭhānasuya was a text-book for a Sadhu of 13 years' standing, as was the case with Uṭṭhānapariyavaniya.
Nagapariyavaniya-This is an ajjhayana wherein the Nāgakumāras play an important role. When a saint concentrates upon this work, the Nagakumāras bow to him, and without leaving their residential quarters, give them boons therefrom.
Asīvisabhāvanā-It is a work which more or less deals with venoms. As stated by Yaśodeva Sūri in his com. (p. 69a) on Pakkhiyasutta, this work says that there are two types of living beings having poison in their jaws. The first type of them is so by their very birth. They include scorpions, frogs, serpents and human beings. The poison of a scorpion can at best pervade a body equal to that of half of Bharata kṣetra; that of a frog, double this body; that of a serpent, a body equal to Jambudvipa; and that of a human being, a body equal to the samaya-kṣetra (i. e. manuṣyaloka).
The second type acquires poison by practising a penance or So. It includes the five-organed tiryacs, human beings and gods up to those of Sahasrara, so long as these gods are aparyāpta. These beings kill others by cursing them. This act is tantamount to a serpent's bite etc.1
Ditthivisabhavana-This work deals with those who have poison in their drsti (eyes). This may remind one of the dṛṣṭivisasarpas like Canḍakausika who was enlightened by Lord Mahavira.
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It should be borne in mind that this exposition is based upon the significance of the title of this work. Same is the case with the following four works. This is what Yaśodeva Suri says in his com. (p. 69b) on Pakkhiyasutta, the actual wording being " अत्र चाशीविषभावनादिग्रन्थपञ्चकस्वरूपं नामानुसारतो दर्शितं, विशेषसम्प्रदायश्च न दृष्ट इति".