A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c10.53

c10.53

Dasaveyāliyanijjutti—This is a Nijjutti on Dasaveyāliya. It consists of about 447 verses. Out of them there are about 63 verses belonging to its Bhāsa, and they mostly occur in the Nijjutti of the 4th ajjhayaṇa. Haribhadra Sūri in his com. (p. 84ᵃ) to it has noted one verse as भिक्खूकी. In this Nijjutti we come across the nikkevas of एक्क (v. 8), दसग (v. 9), दुम (v. 34), पुप्फ (v. 34), धम्म (v. 39), समण (v. 153), काम (v. 161), पय (v. 166), आयार (v. 179), जीब (v. 222), वक्क (v. 269), सुद्धि (v. 283), सयार (v. 328), भिक्खु (v. 333) etc., and niruttas of अज्झयण (v. 29-30), समण (v. 156), भिक्खु (v. 342) etc. Egatthas also are given e. g. that of आभ (v. 32), दुम (v. 35), पुप्फ (v. 36), नाय (v. 52), समण (v. 158-159), वक्क (v. 270) and तवसंजमरय (v. 345-347). In v. 6 Kappa is mentioned. In v. 50 there is a reference to a syllogism consisting of 5 members and to one having 10, and in v. 157, a Jaina saint is compared with several objects. Four varieties of gahiyapaya viz. gajja, pajja, geya and cuṇṇa are given in v. 170, and the following 4 verses define them. Verse 188 states four types of narration whereas the subsequent ones up to 201 deal with their varieties.² Verses 220, 221 and 224 explain the nature of the soul. In v. 252-253 are enumerated 24 kinds of corn and in v. 254-255 24 kinds of jewels. Verses 259-262 deal with erotics, and v. 351 mentions 8 qualities of gold.³