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 CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
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In IX; s. 90, we come across a pretended elegy? of Rayaņadivadevayā. In passing it may be noted that in this Anga, there are used reduplicatives2 e. g. 4(3)(E)FH (IX; s. 80), asaša (IX; S. 80 ), 9 8a (IX; s. 81 ), fafaf apot (I; s. 27) etc. * While concluding this topic, I may mention that in this Anga we come across some graphic descriptions e. g. those of the bedchamber of Dhāraņi (I; s. 9), a voyage (VIII; s. 69), a Piśāca (VIII; s. 69 ), a ship-wreck (IX;s. 80) etc. Moveover, the six seasons are described in 6 verses, one for each of them ( vide IX; s. 81).
In the end it may be remarked that the Mss. of this 6th Anga present many different readings. Some of them are noted and explained by Abhayadeva Sūri in his com. on it.
UVĀSAGADASĀ This is the 7th Anga. It consists of 10 ajjhayaņas noted on p. 105, fn. 2. Out of them the first enumerates, in minute details, the various vows and observances undertaken by Anandao and his wife in the presence of Lord Mahāvīra. Ānanda, on his leading a pious life as a lay adherent ( uvāsaga?) for 20 years, attains avadhijñāna.
The next 4 ajjhayanas furnish us with the lives of 4 other lay adherents who did not give up their vows, even though each 1 This is perhaps the earliest to be met with, in the Jaina literature. 2. It may be noted in this connection that an interesting article entitled
Reduplicatives in Indo-Aryan and written by Dr. S. M. Katre has been published in "Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute" (vol. I, no. 1, pp. 60-70), and a list of onometopoetic words occurring in Puspadanta's Nayakumäratariya (an Apabhramsa work of the 10th century) is
given in its edition by Prof. Hirālāl Jain on p. lvii. 8 Out of them, those occurring in 3 Mss. deposited at B. O. R. I. and in
Abhayadeva Sūri's com. are given by Prof. N. V. Vaidya, in his edition
(pp. 231-245 ) of this Aiga. 4 See pp. 8a, 16a etc.. 5 See p. 16a etc. 6 For analysis and episode of this Ananda, one of the ten Mahāśrāvakas, see
R. Ch. Dutt's A History of civilization in Ancient India (vol. II). 7 "उपासकैः-श्रावकैरेवं स्थातव्यमिति येष्वध्ययनेषु दशसु वर्ण्यते ता उपासकदशाः"
-Siddhasena Gani's com. (p. 91 ) on Tattvärtha (I, 20 ).