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VIII-XII. 12 Upāngas
245
THE EIGHTH to TWELTH UPĀNGAS
निरयावालकाश्रुतस्कन्ध
Nirayāvalikāšrutaskandha (निरयावलियासुयक्खंध) ( Nirayāvaliyāsuyakkhandha ) No. 255
112.
1872-73. Size.— 108 in. by 41 in. Extent.— 40 folios ; 11 lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, smooth and white; Devanāgari
characters with eas; bold, big, clear and good handwriting; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk and yellow pigment used; foll. Ia and 400 blank; notes
added at times in margins; complete. Age.-- Old. Subject.—This Ms. contains five works which form the last five
upāngas viz., ( 1 ) Nirayāvaliyā (Nirayāvalikä ), (2) Kappavadimsiya (Kalpāvatamsikā ), (3) Pupphiyā ( Puşpikā ), (4) Pupphacúliyā (Pușpacũlikā ) and (5) Vanhidasā (Vrsnidaśa ). All these five works together form Nirayavalikaśrutaskandha, which is also styled as Nirayāvalikāsūtra. The first work is known as Kalpikā,' too. It consists of ten adhyayanas (chapters ) named as ( 1 ) Kāla, ( 2 ) Sukäla, ( 3 ) Mahākāla, ( 4 ) Krşņa, ( 5 ) Sukțşņa, (6) Mahākļşna, (7) Virakşıņa, (8) Rāmaksşņa, (9) Pitrsenaksṣṇa and (10) Mahāsenakțşņa. These are the names of the 10 sons of king Śreņika. Their lives are narrated in these chapters.
Kalpāvatarsikā consists of 10 adhyayanas, and deal with the lives of the Io sons of Kala and others. It describes Kalpāvatamsa, a celestial vimāna.
Puspikā describes 10 gods such as the Moon, the Sun and others. It, too, consists of 10 adhyayanas.
1. See the second page of Prameyaratnamañjüşā noted in No. 241. 2. They are named after the names of their mothers. See the commentary
(P. 3).
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