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Introduction. The Jain Canon in the present form belongs to the S'wetambaras. It was redacted by Devardhi-ganin Kshamas'ramana in the present form in Vira Samwat 980=A. D. 513, at the Council of Valabhi. The Jain canon consists of 45 scriptures viz. 11 Anga Sūtras, 12 Upanga Sutras, 10 Prakirna Sūtras, 6 Cheda Sūtras, and two Chulika Sutras viz. 1 Nandi-Sūtra & 1 Anuyogadwära-sútra and 4 Mūla-Sūtras. Originally there were 12 Anga Sū as; but the last Anga Ditthivāya was soon forgotten and lost. Thus we have only 11 Anga Sūtras with us. The Vivagasuya is the Eleventh Anga of the Jain Canon.
Vivāgasuya is divided into two books: "The fruits of bad acts” and “ The fruits of good acts." The first book contains ten lectures, each of which teaches one or the other moral lesson. The first lecture of Miyāputta teaches us that tyrannising over the subjects by a governor (like Ikkāi) by levying upon them heavy taxes and
