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## Kasayapāhuḍsutta
**1. Significance of the Name:**
Although the original text, presented here, is called 'Kasayapāhuḍ' by Śrī Guṇadharācārya in the first verse, referring to the origin as 'Pejjadossapāhuḍ', the commentator Yativṛpabha has clearly stated two names for it. As:
> "Tassa pāhuuss duve nāmadhejjāṇi. Tam jahā pejjadossapāhuḍetti vi, kasayapāhuḍeci vi." (Pejjadossapāhuḍ Sūtra 21)
Meaning, the third pāhuḍ of the tenth substance, which is preceded by knowledge-propaganda, has two names - Pejjadossapāhuḍ and Kasayapāhuḍ. The commentator has called the first name as derived from grammar and the second name as derived from logic. However, later, while starting the chapter called 'Samyaktva', the commentator himself has referred to the name 'Kasayapāhuḍ'. As:
> "Kasayapāhuḍe sammatte tti aṇiyogaddāre adhāpavattkaraṇe imāro cattāri suttagāhārō parūveyavyānō." (Samyaktva Sūtra 1)
Similarly, Jayadhavalakāra has used this name at the beginning and end of each chapter. Even at the end of the fifteenth chapter, he has written 'Evam Kasayapāhuḍam samaca', thus stamping the name 'Kasayapāhuḍ' on this text. Later ācāryas and authors have also mostly mentioned this name. In this situation, one might ask why we have named it 'Kasayapāhuḍsutta'? The answer to this question is that although the name of the 180 or 233 verse-text is 'Kasayapāhuḍ', in this present edition, this 'Kasayapāhuḍ' is printed along with its 6000 śloka-long commentary, hence it has been named 'Kasayapāhuḍsutta' for its recognition. Śrāmaṇa Vīrasena has mentioned 'Pāhuḍsutta' dozens of times in Dhavalā and Jayadhavalāṭīkā, and Jinasena has confirmed the name 'Pāhuḍsutta' in the praise of Jayadhavalā by saying 'Pāhuḍsuttāṇamimā Jayadhavalā saeiṇayā ṭīkā'.
**2. Evidence of the Original Text:**
The question of how many verses are there in Kasayapāhuḍ is still debatable today. The reason for this is that the second verse of this text, 'Gāhāsaḍe asīde', clearly mentions that it is divided into 15 chapters with 180 verses. This question was also in front of Jayadhavalakāra Vīrasenavāmi, and many ācāryas before him were saying that 53 verses, excluding the 180 verses, were composed by Nāgahastī ācārya. However, the argument given by Vīrasenavāmi in refutation of this opinion does not seem very strong. He says that if 'the verses of the relationship, faith,
29 Tattosammattāṇubhāgō aṇataguṇahīṇō tti pāhuḍsutte riṇaddidvattādo. Dhavalā Jīva Cū.
| Asīdisadgāhārō mottūṇ avasesasabadhadhāparimāṇaniddesasankamanagāhāmo jeṇa gāgahatyīprayāriyakanō, teran 'Gāhāsaḍe asīde' tti bhariṇadūṇ nāgahatyīnāyarien paijjā kadā, idi kevi . vakhkhāṇāiriyā bhaṇati. Jayadhavalā Bhā. 1 p. 183.