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external and internal evidences show, it was neither composed by Bhadrabāhu-I nor by Bhadrabāhu-II. Aryabhadra of c. 2nd - 3rd A.D., in all probability, was the author of these Niryuktis. I have given various reasons in support of this view in my independent article published in Sāgara Jaina Vidyābhārati series (published by Pārsvanätha Vidyāpitha, Varanasi, 1994). Presently, we have only the following Niryuktis:
1. Avaśyakaniryukti 2. Daśavaikālikaniryukti 3. Uttarādhyayananiryukti 4. Ācārānganiryukti 5. Sütrakstānganiryukti 6. Daśāśrutaskandhaniryukti 7. Kalpaniryukti and 8. Vyavahāraniryukti.
Apart from these, two more Niryuktis---Ogha and Pinda are also available, but considered to be tile part of Āvasyakapiryukti and Daśavaikälikaniryukti, respectively, they are not independent works. We also have a mention of two more Niryuktis on Süryaprajñapti and Rşibhāșita, but they are extinct now.
Thus, more than hundred works could be considered belonging to this early period but about thirty of them are now extinct. Jaina Commentary of Āgamas 1.Agamas and their Commentaries
As mentioned earlier, except Nandisütra and present edition of Praśnavyākarana, most of the Āgamas were composed before c. 3rd A.D. but their final editing was done only in the c. 5th A.D. At the time of this final editing, interpolation of many later developed philosophical concepts and informations regarding the Jaina order crept into these works. The Nandīsütra, composed during this period, deals with the Jaina theory of five-fold knowledge as well as contains
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