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Although only ten Prakīrṇakas are accepted as canonical texts at present, there is no uniformity in their names mentioned in different works. In some works we find Candravedhyaka and Virastava instead of Gacchācāra and Maranasamādhi.' In some others still Candravedhyaka has been included excluding the Bhaktaparijña.13
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Devendrastava,
Gaṇividya, Mahapratyakhyāna, and
Besides this difference, more than one Prakirṇakas of the same name are also found. E.g. three Prakīrņakas bearing the name Aurapaccakkhāṇa (Āturapratyākhyāna), eight bearing the name Ārādhanā and two with the name Catuḥśaraṇa are found. According to Painnayasuttaimi Part-I and Part-II, edited by Muni Punyavijayajī, are the collections of the following twenty and twelve Prakīrṇakas and Kulakas respectively. Twenty Prakīrṇakas included in Painnayasuttaim Part-I are as follows:
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Vīrastava.
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Devendrastava,
Tandulavaicārika,
Candravedhyaka,
Gaṇividyā,
Naranasamādhi, Aturapratyākhyāna,
Mahapratyakhyāna,
Rṣibhāṣita, Dvipasāgara Prajñapti,
Abhidhana Rajendra Kośa, Part-II, p. 41.
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