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The Svetambaras and the Digambaras agree on the point of including all the Agamas other than the twelve Angas in the class called angabahya. But we have no source or means at our disposal to work out the chronological order in which the new additions were made in the class called angabahya. It would not be improper if we try to construct a picture of this order by joining together whatever stray links of history we have.
After having classified the Śruta (the Agamas) into two classes, viz. the angabahya and the angapraviṣṭa, Ac. Umāsvāti has enumerated by name the works falling under the class angabahya. They are as follows: 1. Sāmāyika, 2. Caturvīmśatistava, 3. Vandana, 4. Pratikramana, 5. Kayavyutsarga, 6. Pratyakhyāna, 7. Daśavaikālika, 8. Uttaradhyayana, 9. Daśā, 10. Kalpa-vyavahara, 11. Nisitha, 12. Ṛṣibhāṣita, etc. Here the use of the word 'etc.' (adi) suggests that there are some other works also which belong to this class. The author of the Dhavalaṭikā clearly says that there are just fourteen angabahya works; and he gives the names of these works as follows: 1. Sāmāiya, 2. Cauvisatthao, 3. Vandana, 4. Padikkamana, 5. Venaiya, 6. Kidiyamma, 7. Dasaveyaliya, 8. Uttarajjhayana, 9. Kappa-vavaharo, 10. Kappäkappiya, 11. Mahakappiya, 12. Pumḍariya, 13. Mahāpumḍariya, 14. Nisihaya24.
The Jayadhavala25 applies the general term 'prakirnaka' to these fourteen angabahya works. The Dhavala and Jayadhavalā give out even the detailed contents of these fourteen works. So, it is possible that all these fourteen works (sutras) were present before Ac. Virasena. As regards the Angas he clearly says that they have gradually become extinct. But in the case of the angabahya works passes no such remark.
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On the basis of these two lists it can be said that the following eighteen works were well known as angabahya works till the time of the author of the Dhavalā.
1. Sāmāyika, 2. Caturvimśatistava, 3. Vandana, 4. Pratikramaņa, 5. Kayavyutsarga, 6. Pratyakhyāna, 7. Venaiya, 8. Kidiyamma, 9. Daśavaikālika, 10. Uttaradhyayana, 11. Daśă, 12. Kalpa-vyavahāra, 13. Niśitha, 14. Ṛṣibhāṣita, 15. Kappäkappiya, 16. Mahākappiya, 17. Pumḍariya, 18. Mahāpumḍariya.
The first six out of these eighteen works are included in the Avasyaka26. We find in the Dhavala two different names in place of the last two of this list of six. If these two different names appearing in the Dhavala were considered to be simply the other names of the
24. Dhavală, Pt, I, p. 96; Jayadhavala, Pt. I, pp. 24, 97
25. p. 122
26. Nandisutra, sū. 81
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| SR No. | 001062 |
| Book Title | Nandisutt and Anuogaddaraim |
| Original Sutra Author | Devvachak, Aryarakshit |
| Author | Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak |
| Publisher | Mahavir Jain Vidyalay |
| Publication Year | 1968 |
| Total Pages | 764 |
| Language | Prakrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, agam_nandisutra, & agam_anuyogdwar |
| File Size | 14 MB |