Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study)
by Riddhi J. Shah | 2014 | 98,110 words
This page relates 鈥楲ife, Date and Works of Acarya Haribhadrasuri (Introduction)鈥� of the study on the Yogadrstisamuccaya: a 6th-century work on Jain Yoga authored by Haribhadra Suri consisting of 228 Sanskrit verses. The book draws from numerous sources on traditional Yoga. Three important topics are stipulated throughout this study: 1) nature of liberation, 2) a liberated soul, and 3) omniscience.鈥擳his section belongs to the series 鈥淟ife, Date and Works of Acarya Haribhadrasuri鈥�.
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Chapter 2.1 - Life, Date and Works of 膧c膩rya Haribhadras奴ri (Introduction)
The 辫耻峁颈办腻 of 艢颈峁补丑颈迟腻,[1] 贬补谤颈产丑补诲谤补蝉奴谤颈鈥檚 艣墨办腻 on 膧惫补艣测补办补蝉奴迟谤补, informs us that Haribhadras奴ri [Haribhadra Suri] certainly was a 艢惫别迟腻尘产补谤补 腻肠腻谤测补. He belonged to the 惫颈诲丑测腻诲丑补谤补 kula which was headed by a great 膧c膩ya Jinabha峁璦 at that time. Haribhadras奴ri was initiated into monkhood by 膧c膩rya Jinadatta. Haribhadras奴ri identified himself as a spiritual son of the nun 驰腻办颈苍墨. This is all Haribhadras奴ri informs us about his own life.
贬补谤颈产丑补诲谤补蝉奴谤颈鈥檚 mentioning of the words 闯颈苍补产丑补艣补苍颈驳补诲腻苍耻蝉腻谤颈峁噊 in the 辫耻峁颈办腻 of 艢颈峁补丑颈迟腻, a 艣墨办腻 on 膧惫补峁补办补蝉奴迟谤补, has been interpreted differently by Anandasagaras奴ri.[2] He says that the word nigada contained in the 辫耻峁颈办腻 does not mean obedience (补箩帽腻惫补谤迟颈迟惫补). According to Anandasagaras奴ri the words 闯颈苍补产丑补艣补苍颈驳补诲腻苍耻蝉腻谤颈峁噊 are used by Haribhadras奴ri to show his indebtedness to 膧c膩rya Jinabha峁璦 whose commentary on 膧惫补峁补办补蝉奴迟谤补 Haribhadras奴ri has utilized while composing the commentary 艢颈峁补丑颈迟腻 on 膧惫补峁补办补蝉奴迟谤补. To support this statement Anandasagaras奴ri says that the previously mentioned phrase is not found in the colophons of 贬补谤颈产丑补诲谤补蝉奴谤颈鈥檚 commentaries on 顿补艣补惫补颈办腻濒颈办补 and many others [3] . However Haribhadras奴ri in the colophon of 笔谤补诲别艣补惫测腻办丑测腻, a commentary to 笔补峁囜箛补惫补峁嚹�,[4] has referred himself as a pupil of 膧c膩rya Jinabha峁璦.[5]
The following is what Hargovind Das T Sheth thinks regarding Haribhadrasuri鈥檚 being a pupil of either 膧c膩rya Jinabh峁璦 or 膧c膩rya Jinadatta:
鈥�yadyapi prabh膩vakacaritr膩dau haribhadrasya 诲墨办峁Ｄ�-艣膩strap膩峁環a-s奴ripad膩dyadhik膩re gur奴r奴pe峁嘺 jinabha峁璦s奴rivyatiriktasy膩 -nyasyakasy膩py腻肠腻谤测补sya 苍腻尘补 nopalabhyate, tath膩py膩va艣yakaniryukti - pr膩ntasthenollekhena..., ya岣モ�� alpamate岣�鈥� iti vi艣e峁峁嚹乶yath膩nupapatty膩 haribhadras奴rikatark峁� eva nir峁嚹珁ate, pa峁弓aguravo jinadattas奴raya岣�,鈥�箩颈苍补产丑补峁璦苍颈驳补诲腻苍耻蝉腻谤颈峁嘺岣� 鈥� ityanena tatratyenaiva vi艣e峁峁噀na jinabha峁璦s奴rayastv膩j帽膩guravo vidy膩guravo vetidhyeyam || 鈥�[6]
From these we may say that some commentaries composed by Haribhadras奴ri inform us about 膧c膩rya Jinabha峁璦 well as 膧c膩rya Jinadatta.Whereas some commentaries written by Haribhadras奴ri mention only 膧c膩rya Jinabha峁璦 as the preceptor of Haribhadras奴ri.
Like most ancient Indian literary luminaries the profound Jain scholar Haribhadras奴ri was also very sparing in providing information regarding his own life, learning and works. He was undoubtedly a versatile writer, commentator, preacher, disputant and a selfless 艢惫别迟腻尘产补谤补 Jain monk. His erudition drew attention of many scholars of later period who derived direct or indirect inspiration from him. Therefore they held him in high regard. It is mainly from their works we get information about the life of Haribhadras奴ri. When the scattered references available in various source texts are organized, we get the following information regarding the life of Haribhadras奴ri.
The following is the list of texts that provide us traditional as well as legendary accounts about life of Haribhadras奴ri.
The texts are:
1. 9thprabandha of 笔谤补产丑腻肠补苍诲谤补鈥檚 笔谤补产丑腻惫补办补肠补谤颈迟补. (V. S. 1334 = 1278A.D.) The name of the author is wrongly given as Candraprabha on the Nirnaya Sagar Edition, 1909.
2. R膩ja艣ekharas奴ri鈥檚 笔谤补产补苍诲丑补办辞峁 (V.S. 1405 = 1349 A.D.) It is also known as 颁补迟耻谤惫颈峁兣沘迟颈辫谤补产补苍诲丑补.
3. Municandras奴ri鈥檚 鲍辫补诲别艣补辫补诲补艣墨办腻. (V.S. 1174 = 1118 A.D.)
4. Bhadra艣vara鈥檚 碍补丑腻惫补濒墨. It is an unpublished text. Though the exact year is not found yet, Muni Jinavijaya thinks that it belongs to the 12th era of Vikrama.
5. Sumatiga峁噄鈥檚 骋补峁嘺诲丑补谤补蝉腻谤诲诲丑补艣补迟补办补b峁沨at艣墨办腻. (V. S. 1295 = 1239 A.D.)
6. Eight 驳腻迟丑腻蝉 (52-59) of Jinadatta鈥檚 骋补峁嘺诲丑补谤补蝉腻谤诲诲丑补艣补迟补办补. (V. S. 1169-
7. 1211 = 1112-1154 A.D.)
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
鈥�sam膩pt膩 ceya峁� 艣i峁ahit膩 苍腻尘补 膩va艣yaka峁玨膩| k峁� ti岣� sitambar腻肠腻谤测补jinabha峁璦nigad膩nus膩ri峁噊 vidy膩dharaku la-tilacak腻肠腻谤测补jinadatta艣i峁asya dharmato j膩i峁嚹� mahattar膩s奴noralpamater腻肠腻谤测补haribhadrasya 触鈥�
[2]:
See p. 4 of 膧nandas膩garas奴ri鈥檚 Sanskrit preface to Ko峁瓂腻肠腻谤测补鈥檚 commentary on 痴颈蝉别蝉腻惫补蝉蝉补测补产丑腻蝉补.
[3]:
(a) 鈥�mahattar膩y膩 y膩kiny膩 dharmaputre峁嘺 cintit膩|
腻肠腻谤测补haribhadre峁嘺 峁玨e ya峁� 艣i峁abodhin墨 || 1 || 鈥�
鈥揟he Commentary on 顿补艣补惫补颈办腻濒颈办补niryukti.
(b) 鈥�j膩i峁噄mayahariy膩e rait膩 ete 3 dhammaputte峁嘺 haribhadr膩cariha峁嘺|鈥�
鈥揟he Commentary of 鲍辫补诲别艣补辫补诲补.
(c) 鈥�viv峁泃ta峁� ca y膩kin墨mahattar膩s奴nu艣r墨haribhadr腻肠腻谤测补i岣鈥�
鈥揟he Commentary on 笔补帽肠补蝉奴迟谤补.
[4]:
See XVII, Part. 1, p. 204, Descriptive Catalogue of Jain Manuscripts by H.R.Kapadia.
[5]:
鈥淚t is true that in Haribhadra鈥檚 commentary to 笔补峁囜箛补惫补峁嚹� it is stated by him that he is a pupil of Jinabha峁璦. But this should not be construed to mean that Jinabha峁璦 was his 诲墨办峁Ｄ�-guru. For, in the colophon (V. 3) of Samar膩iccahah膩, it is clearly mentioned by our author that he is a part (avayava) of Jinadatta 膧c膩rya.鈥�
鈥� Extracted from footnote鈥�2, 础苍别办腻苍迟补箩补测辫补迟腻办腻 edited by H.R.Kapadia, Vol.-I, Introduction, P. XXI.