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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
479.
THE FOURTH CHEDASUTRA
दशाश्रुतस्कन्धसूत्र
Daśāśrutaskandhasutra ( TETETUARTET)
( Dasāsuyakkhardhasutta ) No. 479
608.
1875-76. Size.— 109 in. by 4 in. Extent. 25 folios ; 19 lines to a page; 60 letters to a line.
Description.-Country paper thin and greyish; Jaina Devanāgari
characters with occasional Balats; small, legible and good hand-writing ; edges of several foll. slightly damaged; condition very fair; borders ruled in two lines in black ink; red chalk used; fol. rblank; complete. This work is divided into 10 sections. Out of them i to 7 and 9 are called dasā (daśā), while the eighth and the tenth as well, are called ajjhayaņa ( adhyayana ). Their extents are as under :Daśā
fol.
1b
III IV
foll.
I to 2a
VI
IX
VII
sa ,, 66 Adhyayana VIII
» 66,, 212 Daśā
fol. 212, 210 Adhyayana X
foll. - 212 , 256 Age. - Fairly old. Subject. This chedasútra is known as Dasão', Ayaradasão? and
Acaradaśa, too. It is said to have been extracted by Bhadrabāhusvāmin from the 9th Půrva. It consists of ten significant sections. The respective topics treated therein are as under:
( 1 ) 20 Afegrut ( tarperura ), ( 2 ) 21 Frate ( Tayt ), (3) 33 TETTOTT ( straat ), (4) 8 TOTT 1-2. See Nos. 482 and 480 respectively.
