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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
THE EIGHTH ANGA
अन्तकृद्दशाङ्गसूत्र ( अंत गडद संगसुत)
No. 143
Size.--10 in. by 4 in.
Extent. 213 = 18 folios; 13 lines to a page; 48 letters to a line.
Antakrddasangasutra (Antagadadasangasutta)
[143.
1079. 1887-91.
Description. Country paper, thin and white; Devanagari characters; small, quite clear and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used; edges of the first and last few foll. slightly worn out; condition good; foll. 10 to 12 missing; otherwise complete; fol. 21 contains some lines such as तुंगे गयणतलमणु लिहंत सिहरे । नाणा विहगुच्छ गुम्मलयावल्लि etc.; these do not seem to form the part of the text; moreover, they are written in a different hand; extent 900 slokas.
Age. Pretty old.
Author.
Sudharmasvamin according to the Jaina tradition.
Subject. This 8th Anga consisting of one śrutaskandha with 8 vargas having 10, 10, 13, 10, 10, 16, 13 and 10 uddeśakas respectively, deals with the antakṛt-kevalins. They are the persons who lived only for a short time after they had attained omniscience. That is to say there was a very small interval left between their attaining omniscience and final emancipation.
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Begins. - fol. 1* तेणं कालेणं । तेणं समएणं । चंपा नाम नगरी । पुण्णभो (हे ) चेतिए । वणसंडे । तेणं कालेणं etc.
Ends.-- fol. 214 अद्वय वासा आदी एकुत्तरियाए जाव सत्तरस । एसो खलु परिताओ सेणियभज्जाण नायच्चो १ ।
एवं खलु जंबू समणेण भगवया महावीरेण (णं) आदिकरेणं जाव संपत्तेर्ण अहमस्स अंगस्स अंत (त) गडदसाणं अयमहे पण (ण) त्ते । छ । अहम अंग सम्मत्तं छ । अतगडदसाणं अंगस्स एगो सुयकखंधो । अट वग्गा अहस चेव
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