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§ 1. Names of the Text. Viyahapannatti is the old genuine name of the fifth Anga of the Svetambara Canon. Vivahapannatti is a corruption, while Bhagavai is only an epithet which was originally added to the title, 'the Venerable Viy.', and which has later on superseded it.' Consequently the Viyaha-pannatti (Vyakhyā-prajñapti) is a 'Proclamation of Explanations' viz of explanations given as a rule by Mahāvīra in answer to questions asked by his disciples, in most cases by Goyama Indabhūi. Sometimes (Antag. 6, Uvās. 79, Pupph. 3, 2) the text is shortly styled Pannatti, i.e. the pannatti par ex
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§ 2. Subdivision of the Text. In its present shape the text is divided into forty-one sayas. Each saya, except XV which is ekkasara i.e. has no sections, is subdivided into uddesas (uddeśa, °śaka). Exceptionally XXI-XXIII are first subdivided into vaggas (varga) and XXXIII-XL are first subdivided into [sub-]sayas (avântarasata, Abhay.), vaggas and sub-sayas then being further subdivided into uddesas. The colophon at the end of the work states that the total number of sayas, including the sub-sayas, is 138 and that the total number of uddesas is 1925.2
The distribution of the uddesas, vaggas and sub-sayas is as follows:
The same epithet was added to several other titles of canonical texts; WEBER, Ind. Stud. 16, pp. 392 and 401; SCHUBRING, Doctrine par. 45,5 note and par. 48,4.
2 1925 if in XX we count 12 udd., taking XX 6b and e as separate udd. (Viy. 979a note).
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