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Its commentator is not the author. In the same way, the principles that have been flowing down from time immemorial are called Anadi Siddhanta-pada, such as Dharma-astikaya, Adharma-astikaya, etc. Since it is A-paurusheya, the Siddhanta is Anadi. 1 Agam, Siddhanta and Pravachana are synonymous. Therefore, the Dvadashaanga Shruta is also Anadi Siddha. The Kevala-jnana of all Tirthankaras is the same, therefore its work, the Divya-dhvani, is also the same, because the special nature of the cause brings about the special nature of the effect, as said by Shri Amritachandracharya. That Divya-dhvani is called Beeja-pada, which is devoid of concise word formations and is combined with many signs that are the cause of knowledge of infinite meanings. 18 Languages and seven hundred Ku (small) languages are the form-giving meaning-makers of those many Beeja-pada, which are Dvadashaanga-atmaka. And the Ganadhara Bhattaraka are the authors of the twelve limbs that are the form-givers of the meaning that is absorbed in the Beeja-pada. That is, the commentator of the Beeja-pada is called the author of the text. A being who is filled with raga, dvesha and moha cannot be the form-giver of the above-mentioned Ardha, because he lacks the rule of truthfulness.
Although the Dvadashaanga Shruta is Anadi and A-paurusheya in the form of a flow, in the present Panchama-kala, the Yuga-pravartan of the last Tirthankara, Bhagavan Mahavira, is taking place in the Bharat Kshetra of the Jambudvipa. In this regard, Bhagavan Mahavira is the meaning-maker and Gautam Ganadhara is the author of the text.
This Dvadashaanga is the last Drishtivada Anga and it has five divisions: 1. Parikarma 2. Sutra 3. Prathamanuyoga 4. Purvagata 5. Chuulika. Of these, Purvagata is of 14 types. From the Sutras of the second Agrayani-purva among them, the Sutras of the Shatkhandagama were mostly composed, but the Samyaktvotpatti-chuulika came from the second division, 'Sutra', of the twelfth Anga called Drishtivada, and the Gati-agati-chuulika came from the fifth Anga called Vyakhyaprajnapti.
After the Nirvana of Bhagavan Mahavira, there were three Kevalis in 62 years, five Shruta-kevalis in 100 years, eleven Dasapurvi in 183 years, five Gyaraha-anga-dhari in 220 years and four Ekanga-dhari Acharyas in 118 years. After that, all the Angas and the knowledge of the Purvas was received by Shri Dharasenacharya through the Acharya parampara. Pushpadanta and Bhootbali Acharya received it from Dharasenacharya and wrote down those Sutras and divided them into six sections. Therefore, this text was named Shatkhandagama.
In the fourth division, Purvagata, of the twelfth Anga called Drishtivada, there are 14 divisions, including Utpadapurva, Agrayani-purva, etc. The fifth, Jnana-pravadapurva, has 12 Ardha-adhikars. Each Adhikar has twenty Prabhritas. The Kashayap-ahud was composed from the third Pejjado-sha-prabhrita under the tenth Vastu-adhikar of the fifth Purva called Jnana-pravada.
1. Dh. Pu. 1 p. 349.
2. Dh. Pu. 1 p. 76.
3. Dh. Pu. 1 p. 21.
4. "Karana-visheshat-karyavisheshasyatrasyam bhavitvat (Pra. Sa. Ga. 255 Teeka)