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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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well. Like the other chedasútras this chedasútra prescribes rules for the life to be led by monks and nuns and atonements and penances by way of punishment for vanious transgressions against these rules of daily life. Thus all the chedasútras have almost the same contents as we meet with, under the name of Vinaya in Buddhist literatare. As observed by Winteruitz this Niśithasūtra which deals with the discipline of the order “has embodied the major portion of the Vavahāra in its last sections and has numerous similar sūtras in common with cūlas I and II of the Ayaramga. Probably these works originated in one and the
same earlier source." ! Begins.- fol. rb lo ll A ataTtiTie II
a fet 744+å etc., as ip No: 439. Ends.- fol. 320 FT FEET(FE) etc., up to a = as in No. 439
**followed by forete SHEH TEH 3 HATTII Reference.--- Published along with Vyavahārasūtra by W. Schubring,
Leipzig, in A. D. 1918. It is also published with ( Bțhát )Kalpasūtra and Vyavahārasútra by Jaina Sāhitya Samsodhaka Samiti, Poona, in A. D. 1923 in Devanāgari characters, under the title “ 9-CETT-farsfeer". For conlents etc., see Weber JI, p. 623, Indian Antiquary, vol. XXI, ,. 180, and Peterson Reports I, p. 88. For additional Mss. see B. B. R. A. S. vols. III-IV, p. 393 and G. O. Series vol. XXI, p. 31. G. Bühler's Report on Sanskrit Mss. (pp. 4-5). for 1872-73, Bombay, 1874 and Z. D. M. G. (vol. XLII, P: 550), Leipzig, 1888 may be also consulted.
निशीथसूत्र
Nisīthasutra
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1892-95. Size: 124 in. by 4; in. I
See "A History of Indian Literature” (vol. II, pp. 464-465 ) published by the University of Calcutta, in A. D. 1933.