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## Editorial
(From the First Edition)
**Name:**
Anuttaroupapatikadasha is the ninth anga of the Dvadasanga. According to the meaning of the words, the word Anuttaroupapatikadasha is formed from the words 'Anuttar, Upapat and Dasha'. Anuttar means - Anuttar Vimana, Upapat means - to be born and Dasha means - state or indication of the number ten. Since this sutra has ten studies, the word Dasha should be used. It describes those seekers who have completed their lifespan here and taken birth in the Anuttar Vimana and will then attain liberation after taking birth as humans. Samavayangasutra mentions its ten studies but does not give the names of the ten studies. According to the Stanangasutra, their names are as follows - Rishi Das, Dhanya, Sunaksha, Kartik, Swasthana, Shalibhadra, Anand, Tetali, Dasharnabhadra and Atimukta. According to Tattvarthrajwartik, their names are as follows - Rishi Das, Vanya, Sunaksha, Kartik, Nand, Nandan, Shalibhadra, Abhay, Varishen, Chilatputra. In Angpannatti, their names are as follows - Rishi Das, Shalibhadra, Sunaksha, Abhay, Dhanya, Varishen, Nandan, Nand, Chilatputra, Kartik. In Dhavala, the names Kartikeya and Anand are found in place of Kartik and Nand respectively.
Currently, the presented Agam is divided into three sections, which have 10, 13 and 10 studies respectively. Thus, 33 studies describe 33 great souls in brief. Of these, 23 princes are the sons of Shrenik.
The form of Anuttaroupapatikadasha that is currently available is different from the readings of Stananga and Samavayanga. Acharya Abhaydev has called it a different reading in Stanangavritti.
**Subject Matter:**
Samavayanga Sutra mentions the subject described in Anuttaroupapatik Sutra and its verse-quantity, word count, etc. as follows:
Soudharm, Ishana, etc. are considered to be twelve heavens. Above the twelfth heaven come the nine Graivaik Vimana and above them come the five Anuttar Vimana - Vijay, Vaijayant, Jayant, Aparajit and Sarvarth Siddha. These Vimana are called Anuttar Vimana because there are no other Vimana above them that are superior in the north. Those seekers who attain birth (Upapat) in these Vimana through their excellent penance and restraint are called 'Anuttaroupapatik'.
Anuttaroupapatik describes the cities, gardens, chaityas, forest tracts, Samavasaran, contemporary kings, parents, religious teachers, Dharmacharayas, Dharmakatha, worldly prosperity, enjoyment and consumption, penance, renunciation, pravrajya, utsarga, sanlekhana, final time's padopgaman (Santhara), etc. of the Anuttaroupapatik, birth (Upapat) in the Anuttar Vimana, birth in a noble family from there, attainment of enlightenment and final actions, etc. 1. Stananga 10/114. 2. Tattvarthrajwartik 1/20, p. 73. 3. Angpannatti 55. 4. Shatkhandagam 1/1/2.
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