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There is no mention of the ten studies nor their names. The studies whose names are mentioned in Samavayanga and Tattvarthrajavartika are not available in the present Antakriddasha. The Nandisutr has the same description as is available in the present Antakriddasha. This proves that the present form of Antakriddasha is from before the time of Acharya Devavachka. There are eight sections in the present Antakriddasha and the first section has ten studies, but their names are different from those mentioned in the Stananga, Tattvarthrajavartika and Angapannatti. For example, Gautam, Samudra, Sagar, Gambhir, Stimit, Achal, Kampilya, Akshobha, Prasenajit and Vishnu. Acharya Abhaydev has called this a variant reading in the Stananga Vritti. This clearly shows that the present Antakriddasha is different from the reading mentioned in Samavayanga. Many scholars have also speculated that earlier this Agam would have had ten studies like Upasakadasha, just as Upasakadasha describes ten Shraman Upasakas, similarly this Agam would have also included stories of ten Arhats.
Antakriddasha has one Shrutaskandha, eight sections, 90 studies, eight Uddeshanakalas, eight Samuddeshanakalas and finite readings. It includes Anuyogadwar, Vedha, Shloka, Niyuktis, Sangrahanis and Pratipattis, which are counted. It has gone through the stages. The present Agam has 900 shlokas and eight sections. They have ten, eight, thirteen, ten, ten, sixteen, thirteen and ten studies respectively.
The first two sections describe the excellent tapasya of eighteen princes of the Vrishnikul, including Gautam. The first ten princes have a dikshaparaya of twelve years each, while the remaining eight princes have a dikshaparaya of sixteen years each. All these princes embrace Shramandharma and perform the intense tapasya of Gunaratnasamvatsar and attain liberation by performing a one-month sanlekhana at the end of their lives.
From the first to the fifth section, there is a description of Shri Krishna Vasudev. Shri Krishna Vasudev is highly revered in all three traditions: Jain, Buddhist and Vedic. In the Vedic tradition, Vasudev, Vishnu, Narayan, Govind, etc. are some of his names. Shri Krishna was the son of Vasudev, hence he was called Vasudev. In the Shantiparva of Mahabharata, Krishna is described as the form of Vishnu. In the Gita, Shri Krishna is the complete avatar of Vishnu. The author of Mahabharata has praised him by considering him Narayan. There, we see his divine and magnificent human form. In Shatapatha Brahmana, his name Narayan is mentioned. In Taittiriyaranyaka, he is called the possessor of all virtues. In the Narayaniy Upadhyayana of Mahabharata, Narayan is given the form of the Supreme Lord. Markandeya told Yudhisthira that Janardan himself is Narayan. In many places in Mahabharata, there are references to his Narayan form.