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## Mahapaccakkhannapainnanyam
In this comparative study, we find that out of the 142 verses of Mahapaccakkhanna, 4 verses are found in the Agam literature, 8 verses in the Niruktis, 8 verses in the Bhashya literature, and 60 verses in other miscellaneous works besides Maranavibhakti. As far as the Shourseni Yapaniya Agam equivalent literature is concerned, about 45 verses of the Mahapaccakkhanna miscellaneous work are also found in Mulachar and Bhagavati Aradhana. In the major texts of Yapaniya literature, Mulachar and Bhagavati Aradhana, we see that not only Mahapaccakkhanna, but also verses from many miscellaneous works have been assimilated in their original form, except for the Shourseni and Ardhamagadhi language transformations. The inclusion of most of the verses of Avasyakanuyukti and the entire Aturpratyakhyana in Mulachar indicates that the Yapaniya tradition initially accepted the miscellaneous literature, but in later times, when texts like Mulachar and Bhagavati Aradhana were composed based on the verses of miscellaneous literature and the Niyukti literature, the tradition of studying miscellaneous works and Niruktis also became extinct in that tradition. Only in Digambar literature do we find a verse that states that the Acharaanga, etc., Anga texts and the earlier miscellaneous works were formulated by the Jina Devas.
Whether directly or through the Yapaniya literature, Mulachar and Bhagavati Aradhana, many verses of the miscellaneous literature are also found in Kundakunda's literature. Alone, 9 verses of the Mahapaccakkhanna miscellaneous work are found in various texts of Kundakunda. The presence of these verses in Bhagavati Aradhana and Mulachar suggests that these verses were interpolated into Kundakunda's texts from Bhagavati Aradhana and Mulachar. Here, the question can be asked: Is it not possible that these verses went from Kundakunda's literature to the miscellaneous works? The direct and clear answer to this question is that it has been proven by many evidences that Kundakunda is not an Acharya from before the 6th century.
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1. "Ayaradai Anga Puvva Painna Jinehi Pannatta. Je Je Virahiya Khalu Miccha Me Dukkadam Huja." Siddhantasaraadisangraha - Kallanaloayana, verse 28
(Manikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala, Bombay)