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( 47 ) Fytalat
fol. 28a to 286 (48) TITEITEN
foll. 286 , 315 ( 49 ) H TARFAITE
fol. 316; foll. 342 to 35b (50) FATFART
foll. 35b to 39a (51 ) waar
„, 392 „ 406 ( 52 ) AFFITTO
„ 41 , 422 (53) Pratt
„ 422 ., 436 Out of these sūtras, 1-33 may be said to be constituting what is, roughly speaking, known as Şaļāvaśyakasūtra.
Foll. 8, 9, 11, 24, 25, 32 and 33 are missing ; so the
corresponding works are incomplete. Age.- Old. Aurhor.-- Not mentioned. Subject.-- This entire work in Prākrit deals with obeisance to the
five Parameshins and its fruit. It is styled as Mahāśrutaskandha. Each of its first five padas such as FAT TEaroi etc. is looked upon as an adhyayana. The portion following these five adhyayanas" is called cūlikā, and it shows the importance of the five adhyayanas. Some look upon this cülikā as redundant. This view is refuted in "Siddhacak ra” ( vol. IV, No. 3, p. 67). There it is remarked that in that case, the first and the last verses of Logassa, and the verse beginning with ISHTT which forms a part and parcel of Pukkharavaradivaddhe should be discarded. It is further observed that the last pāda of this Mahāśrutaskandha occurs in Mahānisīthasūtra. So those who substitute er for at are not justified in doing so. An additional criticism is made as under :
| Just as there is in Āvaśyakasūtraniryukti nikşepa and sūtrasparšikaniryukti respectively in the beginning and end of every dhyayana, so we have beginning and end for these five pādas (adhyayanas). That is why this entire work (Pancamangala ) is designated as Mahäśrutaskandha. Vide Siddhacakra” vol. IV, No. 3, p. 67.
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