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The translation preserving the Jain terms is as follows:
The sutras and artha-parampara (traditional interpretation) are for other disciples and students in their tradition. The Ganadhara (chief disciples) compiled the sutras of the sacred discourses of Shraman Bhagavan Mahavira, which became known as the Angasahitya (Canonical Literature). It has twelve divisions: Acharanga, Sutrakrta, Sthana, Samavaya, Bhagavati, Jnata, Upasakadasa, Antakrddasa, Anuttaropapatika, Prasnavyakarana, Vipaka, and Drstivada. Drstivada is a division of the Purva literature. According to the Avasyaniyukti, the Ganadhara created the Chaturdasha Shastras (Fourteen Scriptures) based on the Arhadbhashita Matrikapadas (Aphoristic Statements of the Arhat), which encompass the entire Shruta (Canonical Knowledge). These Chaturdasha Shastras are known as the Chaturdasha Purva.
The analytical method of these Purvas was highly complex, and therefore, they were accessible only to the most intellectually gifted practitioners. For the common practitioners and for the benefit of women, the Dvadashanga (Twelve Angas) was composed. Acharya Jinabhadragani Kshamasramana has written that the study of Drstivada was prohibited for women, as they are of a frivolous nature, prone to pride, have unstable senses, and have weaker intellect compared to men. Therefore, the great compassionate Tirthankaras prohibited the study of Utthana, Samutthana, and other extraordinary and miraculous aspects of the Drstivada for women.
The same view is expressed in the Brhatkalpa-niyukti. However, the statements of Jinabhadragani Kshamasramana and Maladharin Hemachandra regarding the perversion of women's nature and the weakness of their intellect do not seem entirely justified, as there are many women who are more intellectually gifted and serious than men, as evident from the descriptions in the scriptures.