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VIII-XII. 12 Upangas
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THE EIGHTH to TWELTH UPANGAS
निरयावालिकाश्रुतस्कन्ध
Nirayāvalikāšrutaskandha (निरयावलियासुयखंध) ( Nirayāvaliyāsuyakkhandha ) No. 255
112.
1872-73. Size.- 10 in. by 41 in. Extent. — 40 folios; 11 lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, smooth and white; Devanagari
characters with CHETS ; bold, big, clear and good handwriting ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk and yellow pigment used; foll. I* and 406 blank; notes
added at times in margins ; complete. Age.- Old. Subject.-This Ms. contains five works which form the last five
upāngas viz., (1) Nirayāvaliyă (Nirayāvalikå ), (2) Kappavadimsiya (Kalpăvatamsikā ), (3) Pupphiyă (Puspika ), (4) Pupphacúliyā (Puşpacúlikā ) and (5) Vanhidasă ( Vrsnidaśa). All these five works together form Nirayavalikaśrutaskandha, which is also styled as Nirayāvalikāsūtra. The first work is known as Kalpika,' too. It consists of ten adhyayanas ( chapters ) named as ( 1 ) Kāla, (2) Sukāla, (3) Mahākāla, (4) Krşña, () Sukrsna, (6) Mahākrsna, (7) Virakļşņa, (8) Rāmaksşņa, (9) Pițrsenakrsna and (10) Mahasenakņşņa. These are the names of the 10 sons of king Śrenika. Their lives are narrated in these chapters.
Kalpävatamsikà consists of 10 adhyayanas, and deal with the lives of the 10 sons of Kāla and others. It describes Kalpāvatamsa, a celestial vimäna.
Puşpikā describes 10 gods such as the Moon, the Sun and others. It, too, consists of 10 adhyayanas.
1. See the second page of Prameyaratnamañjüşā noted in No. 241. 2. They are named after the names of their mothers. See the commentary
(P. 3).
