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works. He defines the second group as under :--- “ The second group consists of those Niryuktis where verses of the so-called Mūla-Bhāșya are added to the original Niryukti either to explain it or to supplement it.”
– Vide his article " The Sūtrakslāņga-niryukti” (p. 270 ) published in "The Indian Historical Quarterly”. vol. XII, No. 2 ( June 1936).
In the end, I may mention that it is rather difficult to say for certain as to which sūtras constitute the original Avaśyakasūtra. This Avaśyakasūtraniryukti can throw at least some light in this connection. For, herein we have sūtrasparsikaniryukti which explains every word of the sútra or good many words of it. As such sútras, mention may be made of the following sútras :--
(1) Navakära, ( 2 ) Karemi bhante, ( 3 ) Logassa, (4) Suguruvandanasūtra, (5) Tassa uttari, ( 6 ) Annattha and (7) the various Pratyakhyānasūtras.
The meaning of some of the gātbās of the Avaśyakasutraniryukti seems to tally with the ineaning of some of the sútras. These sutras may be a part and parcel of the Avaśyakasútra. As a specimen mention may be made of Cattārimangalam. For further discussion, the reader may refer to pp. 135-137.
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