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Jaina Agamic Literature
In the absence of authentic scriptures, Digambaras use two main texts, three commentaries on main texts, and four Anuyogas consisting of more then 20 texts as the basis for their religious philosophy and practices. These scriptures were written by great Acāryas (scholars) from 100 to 1000 A.D. They have used the original Āgama Sūtras as the basis for their work.
Main Texts:
1. Ṣatkhanḍāgama or Mahā-kammapayādi-pāhuḍa or Mahā-karmaprabhṛta.
2. Kaṣāya-pāhuḍa or kaṣāya präbhṛta
Commentary Texts:
1. Dhavala-tikā
: Commentary on Ṣatkhanḍāgama 2. Maha-dhavalā-tîkā : Commentary on Satkhanḍāgama 3. Jaya-dhavala-tikā : Commentary on Kaṣāya-pāhuda
Four Anuyogas :
1. Pratham-anuyoga or Dharma-kathānuyoga
2. Caraṇānuyoga
3. Karaṇānuyoga 4. Dravyanuyoga
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Şatkhanḍāgama
The Satkhandagama is also known as Mahākammapayādi-pāhuḍa or Maha-karma-prabhṛta. Two Acaryas Puspadanta and Bhutabali around 160 AD wrote it. The second Pūrva-agama named Agrāyaṇīya was used as the basis for this text. The text contains six volumes. Acarya Virasena wrote two commentary texts, known as Dhavala-tīkā on the first five volumes and Mahā-dhavalā-tīkā on the sixth volume of this scripture, around 780 A.D.
Kaṣāya-pāhuda or Kaṣāya-prābhṛta
Acarya Gunadhara wrote the Kaṣaya-pahuḍa. The fifth Pürvaāgamanamed Jñana-pravāda was used as a basis for this scripture. Acarya Virasena and his disciple, Jinasena, wrote a commentary text known as Jaya-dhavalā-tīkā around 780 AD.
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