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Twentieth Uddeshak]
It is said that the number of sutras in this Uddeshak is different from the total number of sutras in the entire Nishītha, as mentioned in the Bhāṣya Gāthā 6469 to 73, and the number of Laghu, Guru, Māsika, Chaumāsika, and Prāropaṇa sutras. It is also impossible to reconcile this with the available number of sutras. For example,
In the first Uddeshak, the number of sutras available is 58, and the Bhāṣya Chūrṇi also explains the same number of sutras, yet this Uddeshak is said to have 252 sutras in the aforementioned Gāthās. Therefore, the statement of 2022 sutras is very difficult to understand. In the present time, those who love to study the scriptures will have to be content with only 1401 sutras. Researchers, thoughtful Āgama lovers, and those who have studied extensively can try to find a solution to this.
Table of sutras in the twenty Uddeshak
Uddeshak
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Prāyaśchitta-sthāna
Guru Māsika
Laghu Māsika
Ghūmā
Laghu Māsika
Laghu Māsika
Guru Chaumāsi
Guru Chaumāsi
Guru Chaumāsi
Guru Chaumāsi
Guru Chaumāsi
Guru Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chaumāsi
Laghu Chīmāmi
Shrāropaṇa
Yoga
Number of Sutras
58
57
80
128
52
78
92
18
25
41
91
317
345
44
78
41
154
50
155
73
35
51
1401 (Fourteen hundred and one)
630