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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COMPARISON AND EVALUATION
A third type
gives altogether a different list of 18 lipis. of the list is furnished by Kalpadrumakalika (p. 203). (iii) Samavaya (LXVI) notes 46 letters of the Bambhi (Brahmi) script; but Abhayadeva Sūri is not in a position to say for certain as to which these 46 letters are.
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(iv) Shapes of some of the letters in different scripts are recorded in the canonical literature. For instance shapes of a and tha are noted in the com. (p. 256) on Visesă, those of dha and na by Malayagiri Sūri in his com. (p. 188) on Nandi and those of ca and dha by him in his com. (p. 46) on Avassaya, that of ma in the Puskarasārī lipi in the Cunni on Kappanijjutti (v. 44) etc.
(v) Five types of Mss. are mentioned in Thana (IV, 2), Nisthavisehacunni, Haribhadra Suri's com. p. 25) on Dasaveyaliya etc.
(vi) Rayapaseniya (s. 43) furnishes us with a list of nine materials associated with writing.
Educational topics-These are discussed in the canonical literature, and they have been treated by me in J. S. E., prepared in connection with the Research Grant given to me in 1938. So I shall here note only a few points:
(i) Five types of svadhyaya are referred to in Thana (s. 465). (ii) When is artha to be taught and in what manner? This is discussed in Nandi (s. 59).
(iii) A curriculum for the study of the Jaina scriptures is furnished by Vavahāra ( (X).
(iv) A question of the relative importance of jñana and kriyā is treated in Anuogaddāra (s. 152) etc.
(v) 29 types of papaśruta are mentioned in Samavaya (s. 291). (vi) The oral transmission of knowledge and prohibition of Looks for some time and the permission given later on are already referred to on p. 60.
1 "एगुणतीसइविहे पावसुयपसंगे णं पन्नत्ते, तं जहा - भोमे १ उप्पाए २ सुमिणे ३ अंतविखे ४ अंगे ५ सरे ६ वंजणे ७ लक्खणे ८; भोमे तिविहे पन्नत्ते, तं जहा - सुत्ते वित्ती वत्तिए, एवं एक्क्क तिविहं २४; विकहाणुजोगे २५ विज्जाणुजोगे २६ मंताणुजोगे २७ जोगाणुजोगे २८ अण्णतित्थयपवत्ताणुजोगे २९ ।
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