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 EXEGETICAL LITERATURE,
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been composed even before the time of Haribhadra Sūri. If we do not confine ourselves to this Agamika literature, we can very well point out Vācakavarya Umāsvāti's Bhāsya on his excellent work Tattvārtha as the oldest Jaina Samskrta com., that has come to our hands. Besides, this Bhāşya stands first amongst the Jaina Sanskrta svopajña commentaries available at present. Several Jaina authors' have written svopajña commentaries to their works written in Prākṣta and Samsksta, and so far as the Āgamas are concerned only two names viz. those of Bhadrabāhusvāmin and Jinabhadra Gaņi Kşamāsramana may be mentioned.
The exegetical literature of the Agamas is not only in Saṁskệta and Prāksta; for, it is in Gujarātī, too. The Gujarāti commentaries are given different names such as (1) Taboa, (2) Bālāvabodha, (3) Akşarārtha, (4) Vārtika, (5) Bhāșă-tīkā etc. The words I abbo, Tabā?, Tabu", Tabankas and Tabārtha are also used for ?abo, and the last has Stabakārtha for its Samskệta equivalent. It means a small com. Words such as Bālāvabodha need no explanation. There are Gujarāti commentaries for several Agamas. For instance we have Tabos for Angas III, X and XI, Jambuddīvapannatti, Nirayāvalisuyakkhandha, Mahānisīha, Vavahāra, Kappa, Uttarajjhayana, Sadāvassaya, Caüsarana and Aurapaccakkhāna, Bālāvabodhas for Angas I, III and VI, Uttarajjhayana, Sadāvassaya, Santhāraga and Nandi, Akşarārtha for Aurapaccakkhāṇa and Vārtika for Ayāra and Anuogaddarā.? 1 (1) Candrarsi Maha'tara, (2) Haribhadra Sūri, (3) the celebrated polygra
pher, Hemacandra Sūri, (4) Munisundara Sūri, the sahasrāvadhānin and (5) Nyāyavisārada Nyāyācārya Yašovijaya Gani may be cited as the Sve
tāmbara authors, and A kalanka and Vidyānandin as Digambara ones. 2 In the Catalogue of Mss. of the Limbdi Bhandāra, the word Stabbaka
is used in this sense. See pp. 2, 5 etc. 3 This is the designation used by H. T. Colebrooke. See Prof. A. B. Keith's
Descriptive Catalogue of the Mss. in the Library of the India Office (p. 1257). 4 See D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. I, p. 186 ). 5 This word occurs in the Ms. (702 с of 1899-1915, B. O. R. I) of Sāntisāgara's
Țabo of Bandhasāmitta. 6 See D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. I, p. 280). 7 For description of the corresponding Mss. see D.C..M. (vol. XVII, pts.I-III).