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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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THE EIGHTH ANGA अन्तकृद्दशासूत्र
Antakyddasāngasūtra (अंतगडदसंगसुत्त)
( Antagadadasaigasutta) ... No. 143
1079.
1887-91. Size.--101 in. by 48 in. Extent.-- 21 - 3 = 18 folios; 13 lines to a page ; 48 letters to ... a line. Description.- Country paper, thin and white; Devanāgari charac
ters; small, quite clear and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk used ; edges of the first and last few foll. slightly worn out ; condition good ; foll. 10 to 12 missing; otherwise complete ; fol. 21b contains some lines such as तुंगे गयणतलमणुलिहंतसिहरे । नाणाविहगुच्छगुम्मलयावल्लि etc.; these do not seem to form the part of the text; moreover, they are written in a different
hand; extent 900 Slokas. Agé:- Pretty old. Author.-- Sudharmasvāmin according to the Jaina tradition. Subject. This 8th Anga consisting of one śrutaskandha with 8
vargas having 10, 10, 13, 10, 10, 16, 13 and 10 uddeśakas respectively, deals with the antakrt-kevalins. They are the persons who lived only for a short time after they had attained omniscience. That is to say there was a very small interval left between their attaining omniscience and final
emancipation. Begins.- fol. I तेणं कालेणं । तेणं समएणं । चंपा नाम नगरी । पुण्णभद्दो(३)
चेतिए । वणसंडे । तेणं कालेणं etc. Ends.- fol. 21* अट्ठय वासा आदी एकुत्तरियाए जाव सत्तरस ।
एसो खल परिताओ सेणियभज्जाण नायवो१। एवं खलु जंबू समणेणं भगवया महावीरेण(ण) आदिकरेणं जाव संपत्तेर्ण अहमस्स अंगस्स अंत्त(त)गडदसाणं अयमहे पण(ण्ण)त्ते । छ । अहम अंगे सम्मत्तं छ । अतगडदसाणं अंगस्स एगो सुयकखंधो । अह वग्गा अहस चेव
