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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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THE THIRD ANGA
स्थानादसूत्र
Sthănāngasūtra (oringa)
(Thāṇangasūtta ) No. 58
260.
1871-72 Size. 10$ in. by 44 in. Extent.— 150 folios; 11 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin and white; Devanāgari cha
racters with eh ; bold, big, legible and beautiful handwriting ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; fol. 1* blank; edges of the first two foll., and the last partly worn out; several foll. more or less worm-eaten ; condition on the whole very fair ; complete ; the 10 sthanas ending on foll. 4", 23°, 45°, 84*, 995, 106, 1175, 1284, 136, and 1502
respectively; fol. 1505 practically blank ; extent 3770 ślokas. Age.- appears to be rather old. Author.- Sudharmasvāmin according to the Jaina tradition. Subject. This third anga is divided into 10 chapters styled as sthānas,
each discussing objects according to their number e. g., all those that are one in number are treated in the first chapter.
The seventh chapter ( sūtra 517 ) is utilized while discussing 7 schisms by E. Leumann, in his article “Die alten Berichte von den Schismen der Jaina ” published in Indis
chen Studien (vol. XVII, pp. 91-135 ). Begins. fol. 1b FAT Station
già sở đi 44 quan gì t và tờ etc. Ends.— fol. 150 gr af süf The FTARE THOUGHT at aromat
अणंता पण्णत्ता । संमत्तं च ठाणमिति दस(मं) ठाणं संम्मत्तं छ ॥दसमज्झयणं
संम्मतं ॥१०॥श्रीठाणांगसूत्रं समाप्तं ॥ ग्रंथानं ३७७०॥ Reference. -As editio princeps may be mentioned the publication of
A. D. 1880 by Rai Dhanapatisinha, styled as Agamasangraha vol. III, where the text along with a Sanskrit commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri and a Gujarāti one of Megharāja is published. The text is also published with
