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## Introduction
The language of the Iriya is the same as that of the Aayana. The pronunciation is the same as the Panchamiya, which is 71.
- Paumachariy U. 14: "External austerities are: abstinence from food, beauty, occupation, counting, taste, renunciation, secluded bed and seat, and bodily afflictions. ||19|| Penance, humility, conduct, self-study, renunciation, meditation, and higher austerities are the internal ones. ||20||"
Tattvarth. A. 9: "Anasana means bodily affliction, which is the same as the twenty-two kinds of bodily afflictions. Renunciation of taste is the same as secluded bed and seat. ||74|| Penance, humility, conduct, self-study, renunciation, meditation, and higher austerities are the internal ones. ||75||"
- Paumachariy U. 14: It is clear from this comparison that many of the verses of the Paumachariy are based on the sutras of the Tattvarth Sutra. At the end of the book, the author has also stated in the sentence "Ettahe Vimaleṇa Sutta Sahiyam Gaahanivaddham Kayam" that he has compiled the sutras into verses. In such a situation, it is certain that this book was written after the Tattvarth Sutra. The author of the Tattvarth Sutra, Acharya Umasvati, was also a follower of Shri Kundakunda Acharya - he was in the lineage of Kundakunda, as is evident from many inscriptions in Shravanabelagola, etc. And therefore, the time of its composition given in the Paumachariy becomes even more objectionable and certainly appears to be the result of some mistake or error.
Some special features of the book:
On examining the Paumachariy, it appears that some of the points are specifically related to the beliefs of the Digambara sect, some are specifically related to the beliefs of the Svetambara sect, and some are different from the beliefs of both. Here I would like to present all of them for the consideration of scholars, so that they can be helped in deciding which sect this book actually belongs to; because it has not yet been fully decided whether the author of this book was a Digambara, Svetambara, or Yapaniya Acharya. Some scholars consider this book to be Svetambara, some Digambara, and some Yapaniya.
[A] Digambara sect related:
[1] In the first chapter of the book, a verse describing the origin of the story is found as follows:
"Vīrasas Pavaṛṭhāṇam Vipulagirimatthae Maṇabhirāme.
Tāha Indabhūi Kahiyam Seṇiya Raṇassa Nīsesam. ||34||"
This states that when the Samavasaran of the Veer Bhagwan was situated on the Vipulachal mountain, then Indra-bhuiti, the Gautam Ganadhar, told all this to King Shrenik. This method of introducing the story is specifically related to the Digambara sect. Almost all the books of the Digambara sect, in which the origin of the story is mentioned, 1. See, Shravanabelagola inscriptions no. 40, 105, 108. 2. This has also been accepted by the Svetambara historical scholar Shri Mohanlal Dalichandraji Desai, Advocate Bombay, in his article "Kumarapalanā Samyanē Ek Apbhraṃśa Kāvya" and has also been given as a reason for considering the author of the said poetic work "Pradyumna Charit" to be a Digambara. See, "Jainacharya Shri Atmanand-Janma Shatabdi-Smārak Granth" Gujarati article, p. 260.