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**Dīrghdante ya Laṭṭhadante ya Vehalle Vehāyase Abhae i ya Kumāre.**
"O Venerable One! The Samanas, by means of their attainment, have established ten studies in the first division of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā. Venerable One! What eight things have the Samanas, by means of their attainment, established in the first study of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā?"
Anantara Sudharma Anagāra Jambū Anagāra said thus: "Jambū! The Samanas, by means of their attainment of Nirvāṇa, the Bhagavān Mahāvīra, has spoken of three divisions of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā in the ninth Anga. Venerable One! If the Samanas, by means of their attainment of Nirvāṇa, the Bhagavān Mahāvīra, has spoken of three divisions of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā in the ninth Anga, then Venerable One! How many studies has the Bhagavān Mahāvīra, by means of his attainment of Nirvāṇa, spoken of in the first division of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā?"
Anuttaropapātika-daśā
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"Jambū! The Samanas, by means of their attainment of Nirvāṇa, the Bhagavān Mahāvīra, has spoken of ten studies in the first division of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā, which are as follows:
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1. Jāli Kumāra, 2. Mayāli Kumāra, 3. Upajāli Kumāra, 4. Puruṣaseṇa Kumāra, 5. Vāriṣeṇa Kumāra, 6. Dīrghdante Kumāra, 7. Laṣṭadante (Laṭṭharāṣṭradante) Kumāra, 8. Vehalle Kumāra, 9. Vehāyasa Kumāra, 10. Abhaya Kumāra.
Venerable One! If the Samanas, by means of their attainment of Nirvāṇa, the Bhagavān Mahāvīra, has spoken of ten studies in the first division, then Venerable One! What has the Bhagavān Mahāvīra, by means of his attainment of Nirvāṇa, spoken of as the meaning of the first study in the first division of the Anuttaropapātika-daśā?"
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**Discussion** - The subject matter of this sūtra is very concise. Jambū Svāmī has expressed his curiosity to Ārya Sudharma Svāmī about how many divisions of the Anuttaropapātika-sūtra have been established. Ārya Sudharma Anagāra has established the said sūtra in three divisions and has listed the names of the ten studies in the first division. The names are as follows in order:
1. Jāli Kumāra, 2. Mayāli Kumāra, 3. Upajāli Kumāra, 4. Puruṣaseṇa Kumāra, 5. Vāriṣeṇa Kumāra, 6. Dīrghdante Kumāra, 7. Laṣṭadante Kumāra, 8. Vehalle Kumāra, 9. Vehāyasa Kumāra, and 10. Abhaya Kumāra.
If we consider how the meaningfulness or purposefulness of this sūtra is established, it appears that those auspicious beings who are unable to completely destroy their karmas in their present birth can, after this birth, experience the supreme, pleasant, vedanīya-born pleasures of the five Anuttara-vimānas and attain Nirvāṇa in the next birth.
1. 2.
These sūtras also imply that knowledge acquired through respectful study can be successful. The teacher fills the disciple who wants to acquire knowledge respectfully from the teacher with perfect knowledge. And the one whose soul is filled with knowledge can easily be able to liberate other souls. Therefore, this sūtra proves that the knowledge of the scriptures is obtained only through devotion to the teacher.
See sū. 1.