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The reader, who is a son of Kasayapahudu, will experience for himself how much similarity there is between the two texts.
(20) The Kasayapahudu Churni describes how a being who falls from the Upshama श्रेणी falls in which Gunasthana.
Page 726, Sutra 542. Edisee Uvasamasammattadhae Anantardao Asajam Pi Gacchejj, Sanjamasanjaman Pi Gacchejj, Do Vi Gacchejj. 544. Chasu Pravaliyaasu Sesasu
Asaanam Pi Gacchejj. 544. Asaanam Pun Gado Jadi Maradi, Na Sakko Nirayagadi Tirikhhagdi Manusagdi Va Gantu. Niyama Devagdim Gacchadi. 545. Handi Tisu Aouaes Ekken Ni Baddhen Aougen Na Sakko Kasae Uvasamedu.
Now compare the above Kasayapahudu Churni with the following Churni of Kammapaydi: Pamattapamattasanjayattaneshsu Anegaro Parivattito Kau 'Hedillaanantardugam Shraasanam Va Vi Gacchij' Ti-Hindillaanantardugam Ti Desavirao Asanjayasammaditti Va Hoja, Tato Parivadmano Asaanam Va Vi Gacchejj Ti-Kothi Sasayanatanam Gaccheja. (Page 74) Uvasamasammattadhae Vattmano Jati Kalam Karei Dhvam Devo Bhavati. Jai Sasayan Kalam Kareti So Vi Niyama Devo Bhavati. Kim Karanam? Bhannati-'Tisu Aougesu Baddhesu Jen Shedhim Na Aruhai' Ti-Devaougavajjesu Aougesu Badhesu Jamha Uvasamago Shedhite Anuruho Bhavati Tamha Sasayana Vi Devaloge Jati.
(Kammapa. Up. Page 73) Although comparing the Kasayapahudu Churni with the Kammapaydi Churni leads us to the conclusion that both were written by the same A. Yativrupbha, even stronger evidence is available from the gatha found at the end of the Tiloyapaenattika, which explicitly mentions the Kammapaydi Churni. That gatha is as follows:
Chunnisharuvattakaranasaruvapaman Hoi Kim Jattum.
Atthasahasapamanam Viloy Panaachanamae ||77||
It states that the Kammapaydi and its Churni, which explain the nature of the path, are as large as the eight thousand shloka Tiloyapaenattika.
This means that the Kammapaydi gatha is about 600 shloka long, because a gatha is generally considered to be about one and a quarter shloka long, and the Kammapaydi Churni is about seven and a half thousand shloka long. Thus, the combined length of the two is equal to the eight thousand shloka Tiloyapaenattika.
It is necessary to point out here that the Kammapaydi explains the nature of bondage, etc., as is clear from its first and second gatha. Those two gatha are as follows: