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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
( 704.
Author or the two Culikās.- Simandharasvāmin according to the
Jaina tradition. See p. 96 as well as Haribhadra Sūri's com
mentary (p. 279 ) on Dasavaikālikasütra. Subject. The text which is styled as Dasakäliya and Dasaveya
liya' as well, has ten chapters. Their significant titles are as under:
( 1 ) stagr@q7T, ( 2 ) Threes, ( 3 ) aru, (4) Testteamet, (5) fue qurt, ( 6 ) AETEKET, ( 7 ) argie, (8) Terefore, ( 9 TOFATH and ( 10 ) A .
Eulogy of dharma, firm faith in it, the code of discipline, ahiṁsā, rules and regulations pertaining to bhikṣā, rules of conduct in details, purity of speech, advertedness, discipline and the qualities of a good saint respectively form the main topics of these.chapters.
For a summary of the contents of these ten chapters in Sanskrit see Keith's Catalogue No. 7503 which deals with a Ms. styled as“ pranoko faqat: ".
In a Gujaräti article published in “ Jaina prakāśa" (vol. XXII, No. 14, dated 17-2-35), we find the following information :
In the first chapter there is a detailed exposition of the twelve upamās given to a Jaina ascetic in Anuyogadvāra. The second chapter resembles the 22nd chapter of Uttarādhyayanasútra, and that some of the gāthās are also common to both. The third chapter seems to be based upon Niśitha etc. The fourth agrees with the 24th chapter of Ācārānga. The fifth appears to be a paraphrase of Piņdaişaņā, the ist chapter of the 2nd part of Acārānga. The sixth deals with the 18 śikṣās referred to in Samavāya (XVIII). The seventh is an exposition of bhāsă dealt with in the 13th chapter of the 2nd part of Acārānga. The eighth has several topics in common with the eighth chapter of Sthānănga. The ninth can be compared with the
1 Some interpret this as “ten chapters preached at the time of evening ". Compare “The Daśavaikälikasútra, a study" (p. 9) Patwardhan, 1933.
