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28
29
30
31
32
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138
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Uddesaka
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11
11
11
28
28
124
124
132
132
132
132
132
231
196
33
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Total syllables
190
694
1027
4764
2344
363
3089
8964
4181
731
115
87
139
2734
3516
The Language and the Style
The language of the present Agama is Prakrit. Here and there the usages of Saurseni are also found. In some instances the use of Desi words (vernacular) is also found, like khatta (a), Dongar (7/117 ), Tola (7/119) टोल), Maggao (7/152 माओ), Bondi ( 3 / 112 बोंदि), Cikkhalla ( 8/357 चिखल्स).
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The expression of it is very lucid and sweet. Many topics have been dealt with in the style of fable narration. Reminiscences, anecdots and allegories are found through out the work. The difficult topics have been explained by citing aporopriate examples in many places.
The present Agama has been written down in prose style. Somewhere, the order is an independent discussion and sometimes it is an off-shoot of some incident. Some verse-part is also available in the form of collected Gathas to compile the ascertainable topic.
1. In the twentieth Sataka of the sixth Uddesaka, the theory of the origin of the earth, the water, and the air, has been expounded. According to one tradition, this is one Uddesaka, but the others hold it as comprised of three Uddesakas. According to this tradition, the Agama under review has 1925 Uddesakas in all,
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