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Thus, Anuyogadvar Sutra contains not only philosophical and religious details, but also ample material on culture. This provides information about the highly developed state of art, literature, trade and commerce during that period. THE NAME AND THE PERIOD OF THE COMPILER
In Jain Agams, Anuyogadvar Sutra and Nandi Sutra are the most recent.
The question as to who is the author of Anuyogadvar Sutra has not yet been satisfactorily answered. Some scholars are of the view that till the time of Vajra Swami, the Agams were studied without any classification into different Anuyogas. But his chief disciple Arya Rakshit Suri, the twentieth head of the order since Bhagavan Mahavir (570 to 597 ANM), classified the Agams into four Anuyogas. He realized that the understanding and the power of retention of students of Agams has considerably decreased and this inspired him to make this classification.
So he is considered to be the first to classify the Agams. But there is no evidence to establish that he was also the author of Anuyogadvar Sutra. There is also no evidence even to contradict this. Therefore, the scholars and researchers in history have accepted Arya Rakshit, the Anuyoga classifier, as the author of Anuyogadvar Sutra. The period of Arya rakshit is sixth century after the nirvana of Mahavir (ANM). The period of this text is believed to be 570-584 ANM or 114 to 127 Vikram Samvat or 57 to 70 A. D. Renowned scholars and researchers of Agams, Muni Punyavijai Ji, Muni Jambuvijai Ji and Acharya Mahaprajna Ji have unanimity on this conclusion.
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COMMENTARIES OF ANUYOGADVAR SUTRA
Three ancient commentaries on Anuyogadvar Sutra are available. There is no Niryukti on it.
Churni-The language of Churni is Prakrit. Its author is Jinadas 9 Gani Mahattar who lived in the seventh century of the Vikram era.
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