Viyahapannatti (Bhagavai by Jozef Deleu

Viyahapannatti (Bhagavai

Author(s): Jozef Deleu
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Language: English
Total Pages: 370
Available in: Hardbound
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The Viyahapannatti (Vyakhyaprajnapati) or Bhagavai (Bhagavati) is the fifth Anga of the Jaina Svetambara Canon. It is as the title says a Proclamation of Explanations' viz. of explanations given as a rule by Mahavira the founder of Jainism, in answer to questions raised by his disciples in most cases Goyama Indabhui. Experts have described this monumental work as an omnium gatherum, a tohu bohu etc.: its questions and answers, as a matter of fact, deal with a bewildering variety of topics, embracing all the important domains of the Jaina doctrine; moreover its teachings are presented in many different forms.