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1002.)
III. 4 Malasatras
373
niryukti, its component parts have been treated by me separately as desired, and they have been accordingly given separate serial numbers.
Ernst Leumann believes that there have been four redactions of the Avaśyakasūtraniryukti : (1) Bhadrabāhu's redaction, ( 2 ) Siddhasena's redaction, ( 3 ) Jinbhata's reaction and ( 4 ) the Vulgata-redaction.' After entering into a learned discussion pertaining to these redactions he has recapitulated the results in a tabular form which I may here represent as under: --
Avaśyaka
Āvašyaka-niryukti
XI
1 3rd 4th Ist Redac. 2nd Redac. Redac. Redac. II-VIII ( Uvaggha- I ( Pedhiyā) Therävali
yanijjutti) Pañcanamaskāra 1 IX I ( Sāmāyika II ( Caturvimśati
stava ) III ( Vandana ) XII IV ( Pratikramana ) XIII
XIV XV ( Păriţthāvan. XVI ( Sam- (Jhāṇ
iya-nijjutti) gahani) asaya ) XVII (Jogasam
gaha) XVIII Asajjhảya
nijjutti ) V (Kāyotsarga) XIX VI | Prátyäkhyāna) XX
In this connection I may add that the seventh section of Mülāyāra 3 (Mülācāra ) of Vaţtakerasvämin is known by the name of Avāssayanijjutti. This Digambara work resembles Avaśyakasútraniryukti in several respects such as six divisions etc.
2 3
See Übersicht über die Ävasyaka-Literatur ” (p. 2.). lbid., p. 31. For a pertinent portion of this see the above-mentioned work pp. 16-19.
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