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The Kasayapahuisuutta Churnisutra, through its study, reveals that the Churnikar (author) has largely omitted the topics discussed in the Agamasutra that were present before him. However, he has elaborated on those topics that were not found in the available Agamic literature and which he had acquired special knowledge of through the Guru-Parampara (lineage of teachers). This is evident in the chapters on Bandha (bondage) and Sankrama (transition), among others.
Since the Mahabandha (Great Bondage) chapter provided a very detailed discussion of the four types of bondage, it was simply stated in a single sutra that "all four types of bondage are extensively described." However, a detailed discussion of Sankrama, Sattvodya (arising of life), and Udirana (stimulation) had not been compiled in any text until their time. Therefore, they have provided a very detailed and extensive description of these topics in the present Churnisutra. This also reveals the depth, seriousness, and vastness of the Agamic knowledge of the Yativrpabha.
The present Churnisutra reflects the style and structure of the Pakhandagama Sutra. Just as the Pakhandagama, in its sections on Dravyanugam (substance), Kshetra (field), Sparshan (touch), Kala (time), and Antara (interval), uses questions like "Kevadya, Kevdi Khette, Kevchir Kalado Hoti" (What is the substance, what is the field, what is the time) to explain the subject matter, the present Churnisutra also follows the same style and order. The sixth chapter of the Pakhandagama, Mahabandha, describes the four types of bondage through 24 Anuyoga-Dwaras (gates of knowledge). Similarly, the present Churnisutra also promises to describe the four divisions and four types of Sankrama through the same Anuyoga-Dwaras. The only difference is that in Mahabandha, each type of bondage is discussed separately and clearly through 24 Anuyoga-Dwaras, considering the Provas (14 Gunasthanas) and Adesh (14 Marganas) related to the subject matter. However, in the present Churnisutra, the subject matter is described through two or three main Anuyoga-Dwaras, focusing on the flow, and only one or two Marganas are mentioned, such as गति (motion), while the responsibility of describing the remaining Marganas and Anuyoga-Dwaras related to the subject matter is left to the Uccarana-Acharyas (teachers of pronunciation). This is why the Uccarana-Acharyas have explained the unexplainable sections to fulfill the responsibility entrusted to them by the Yativrpabha, and a specific Acharya has compiled it in writing and made it into a book, known as the Uccarana-Vritti. The detailed notes provided at the beginning of the sections on Sthiti (position), Anubhaga (experience), and Pradesh-Vibhakti (division of regions) from Mahabandha and Uccarana-Vritti leave no doubt about the truth of this statement.
The number and quantity of the Churnisutra: According to the Shrutavatar (scriptural incarnation) of Indranandi, the Churnisutra contains 6,000 shlokas, as clearly mentioned. However, the exact number of Churnisutra is not known from any source. However, it is clear from the Jayadhwala commentary that the author of the present Churnika considered each sentence as a sutra, hence he used terms like "Uparimsuuttamah, Suttaddayamah" (the above sutra says, the sutra says) at various places. According to the Jayadhwala commentary, numbers indicating the sequence are given at the beginning of the sutras that appear as separate sutras, so that the meaning of the original sutras can be matched with the translation, and the total number of sutras in the Kasayapahudu-Churnisutra can also be known. Thus, the number of Churnisutra in different chapters of Kasayapahudu is as follows:
See Bandha-Adhikar (chapter on bondage) - 11.