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accepted as the Malasutras, while it is left to an individual to choose either of the last two works as the fourth Malasutra.
Under miscellanea will be included such works as are Agamika owing to their being appendages of the Avassyasutta or to their being closely related to the canonical treatises of the Jainas.
The ritualistic works will be followed by the Appendices to be published at the end of Volume XVII under the following heads :
(1) Index of authors. (2) Index of works. (3) Classification of works according to languages. (4) List of works according to the date of their composition.
5) Correspondence table of Mss. (6) Chronological order of dated Mss. (7) Names of places where Mss. were written and works
composed. (8) Names of scribes, presentees and others. (9) Abbreviations occurring in Mss.
When the foregoing portion will be printed Volume XVII will be completed, and thereafter will arise the question of bifurcation regarding almost every section to follow. For, so far as the Agamas are concerned, there is no chance for any bifurcation since the Digambaras believe that all of their Ágamas have been irrevocably lost for ever and thus they have no canonical works of their own. The Svetämbaras, however, believe and rightly that cxcept the twelfth anga, the remaining Agamas are not entirely lost and hence they do possess at least to some extent the eleven Angas along with the twelve Upangas etc.
In the end I may gladly and respectfully record my indebtedness to Vidvadvallabha Muni Punyavijayji, a disciple of Munirāja Śrī Caturavijaya and a grand-disciple of Pravartaka Śrimat Kantivijaya, who has once more quite willingly rendered to me valuable
