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etc. Not only that, the author of the Nandisutra has also added to them the various traditions of interpretations that gradually came into existence as time passed on.
The epistemological exposition found in the Nandi could be summarily tabulated as follows:
1 Abhinibodhika 2 Śruta 3 Avadhi 4 Manaḥparyaya 5 Kevala
1 Pratyakṣa
1 IndriyaPratyakṣa
1 Srotendriya Pr. 2 Cakṣurindriya Pr.
3 Ghränendriya Pr.
4 Jihvendriya Pr.
5 Sparśendriya Pr.
Jñāna
2 No-indriyaPratyakṣa
1 Avadhi
2 Manaḥ
Vyañjanavagraha
4
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paryāya
3 Kevala
Artha
vagraha 6
1 Abhinibodhika
1 Srutaniḥsṛta
Avagraha Tha Avaya Dharaṇā
6
6
6
Angapraviṣṭa
2 Parokṣa
Autpa- Vaina- Kar- Pärittiki yiki majā ņāmiki
Aksara Anakṣara Samjñi Asamjñi Samyak Mithya Sădi
Anädi Saparyavasita A paryavasita
Gamika
2 Śruta
2 Aśrutaniḥsṛta
Angabahya
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Agamika
Kālika
Utkalika
Thus the Nandisutra contains a brief epistemological discussion. Moreover, it gives an account of all the twelve Angas while dealing with the various divisions of the Angapraviṣṭa.
In the beginning of the Nandisutra the author eulogises Lord Mahāvīra, the Sangha which is metaphorically identified with a city, a wheel, a lotus, the moon, the sun, an ocean and Mt. Mahameru;
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