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स्थानाङ्गसूत्र (arvinga)
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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
THE THIRD ANGA
No. 58
Size. 10 in. by 41 in.
Extent. 150 folios; 11 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description. Country paper thin and white; Devanagari characters with ears; bold, big, legible and beautiful handwriting; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; fol. 1a blank; edges of the first two foll., and the last partly worn out; several foll. more or less worm-eaten; condition on the whole very fair; complete; the 10 sthanas ending on foll. 4, 23, 45, 84a, 996, 106, 117, 128a, 136a, and 150a respectively; fol. 150b practically blank; extent 3770 slokas, Age. appears to be rather old.
Sudharmasvamin according to the Jaina tradition.
This third anga is divided into 10 chapters styled as sthānas, each discussing objects according to their number e. g., all those that are one in number are treated in the first chapter.
Begins. fol. 16 3% anì factone I
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The seventh chapter (sütra 517) is utilized while discussing 7 schisms by E. Leumann, in his article "Die alten Berichte von den Schismen der Jaina" published in Indischen Studien (vol. XVII, pp. 91-135).
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सुयं मे आउस तेणं भगवया एवमक्खायं एगे आया एगे दंडे etc.
Ends. fol. 150 एवं वनेहिं गंधेहिं रसेहिं फासेहिं दसगुणलुक्खा ते पोग्गला अणता पण्णत्ता । संमतं च ठाणमिति दस (मं) ठाणं संम्मत्तं छ । दसमज्झयणं संम्मतं ॥ १० ॥ श्रीठाणांगसूत्रं समाप्तं ॥ ग्रंथाग्रं ३७७० ॥ Reference.
As editio princeps may be mentioned the publication of A. D. 1880 by Rai Dhanapatisinha, styled as Āgamasangraha vol. III, where the text along with a Sanskrit commentary of Abhayadeva Süri and a Gujarati one of Megharaja is published. The text is also published with
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