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XX : CANDRAVEDHYAKA PRAKĪRNAKA
prakīrnakas by eightyfour thousand monks of the order of Lord Rśabhadeva are mentioned in the Samavāyāngasūtra! As there were fourteen thousand monks in the order of Lord Mahāvīra, it is believed that the same number of prakīrņakas might have been composed in His order. However, today, the prakiīrņakas are believed to be ten in number.
Linini inosco
These ten prakīrņakas are as follows? :
Catuḥsarana, Aturapratyākhyāna, Samstāraka, Candravedhyaka, Gacchācāra, Tandulavaicārika, Devendrastava Ganividyā,
Mahāpratyākhyāna, and 10. Maranavidhi.
The names of ten Prakirnakas in Painnayasuttaim, edited by Muni Punyavijayajī are as under :
Catuḥšarana, Āturapratyākhyāna, Bhaktaparijñā, Samstāraka, Tandulavaicārika, Candravedhyaka Devendrastava Ganividyā,
nimi onorio
Corāsiim paņņaga sahassāim paņņattāʻ, Samavāyānga Sūtra, 84th
Samavāya. 2 Abhidhāna Rājendra Kośa, Pt. I, p. 41. 3 Paiņnayasuttaim, Preface, p. 20.
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