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The omniscient, liberated Kevalis, who have ascended the tree of austerities, rules, and knowledge, shower down knowledge-flowers to enlighten the masses. The Ganadharas receive them in a vessel of intellect and use them to compose sermons. They preach the meaning and the Ganadharas skillfully weave them into sutras. Thus, sutras are established for the benefit of the Dharma. The Tirthankaras are the originators of the meaningful texts. Acharya Devavachana has therefore called the scriptures as Tirthankara-created. Enlightened readers should remember that the authenticity of the Agam literature is not only due to its creation by the Ganadharas, but also because of the Tirthankara's freedom from passions and omniscience, who are the formulators of the meaning. The Ganadharas only compose the twelve Angas. The Staviras compose the external scriptures. Acharya Malayagiri and others believe that the Ganadharas ask the Tirthankaras about the essence of reality. In response, the Tirthankaras utter the three-line verse "Uppanṇā i vā vigamei vā dhūvei vā". This three-line verse is called "Mataka-pada" because the Ganadharas compose the twelve Angas based on it. This twelve-Anga form of the pre-Agam literature is expanded as the Anga-included. All the remaining compositions are external to the Angas. The twelve Angas are born from the three-line verse, therefore they are created by the Ganadharas. It should also be remembered that not all compositions created by the Ganadharas are Angas. Compositions created through free grammar in the absence of the three-line verse, even if created by Ganadharas or Staviras, are considered external to the Angas. There are two types of Staviras - Chaturdashapurvi and Dashapurvi. They are complete knowers of the Anga literature in terms of sutras and meaning. Whatever they compose or say, there is no contradiction whatsoever. Acharya Sanghadas Gani believes that what a Tirthankara can say, a Shrutakevali can also say in the same way. The only difference is that the Kevali knows the entire truth directly, while the Shrutakevali knows it indirectly through scriptural knowledge. Their words are also authentic because they are always right-sighted. They always follow the path of scriptural preaching. Their proclamation is that this scriptural preaching is true, without doubt, this is the meaning, the ultimate truth, the rest is meaningless. Therefore, there is no possibility of contradictory facts in the texts composed by them. Their statements are not contradictory to the twelve Angas. Therefore, the texts composed by them are also considered authentic like the Agam.