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PREFACE :X XI
9. 10.
Devendrastava, and Maranasamādhi.
The names of ten Prakīrņakas, recognised as canonical texts, as mentioned in the Paiņņayasuttāim by Muni Śrī Punyavijayajī, is as follows:
nimi twiórooi
Catuḥsarana, Āturapratyākhyāna, Bhaktaprijñā, Samstāraka, Tandulavaicārika, Candravedhyaka, Devendrastava, Ganividyā, Mahāpratyākhyāna, and Vīrastava.
10.
Some differences in the names of these Prakīrnakas can also be seen. In some works we find Candravedhyaka and Vīrastava instead of Gacchācāra and Maranasamādhi,' while in some others we find that the Bhaktaprijña has been excluded while the Candravedhyaka has been included.? Besides, more than one Prakīrņakas bearing the same name are also found. E.g. three Prakīrņakas bearing the name Aturapratyākhyāna and two with the name Catuḥsarana are found.
The Mūrtipūjaka Sampradāya of the Svetāmbara Jaina (Idol worshipping white clad sect of the Jainas) tradition recognises only ten Prakīrņakas as canonical texts. However, according to Muni
Preface to Paiņņayasuttāim Part-I, Muni Punyavijayaji, Mahāvīra Jaina Vidyalaya, Mumbai, Ed. I, 1984, p. 20. Abhidhāna Rajendra Kośa, Part-II, p. 41.
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