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This anuyoga consists- Mulacar, Trivarnacar, and Ratnakaranda-shravak-ācār.
3. Karan-Anuyoga (Ganit-anuyog) - (Mathematics)
This anuyoga consists - Surya - prajñapti, Candra-prajñapti, Jaya-dhavala-tika, and Gommat-sāra.
4. Dravy-Anuyoga - (Philosophy)
This anuyoga consists of the following texts, written by Acārya Kundakunda, which contain philosophical doctrine, theories, metaphysics, Tattvajñāna, and like literature. The texts are: Niyamasara, Pañcāstikāya, Pravacanasara, and Samaya-sāra11
Historio-Cultural Contribution of non-Agamic Prākṛta
literature:
A good deal of Prākṛta literature has grown beside the noncanonical literature. These may be divided in several classes:
1. Lyrical Anthologies:
A collection of some 700 gathas, the Gatha Sattasati, attributed to Hala is a good Prakṛta lyrical anthology. The themes of the Sattasati are drawn from rural life. The village folk, the fables of love, sentiment of erotic are narrated in touching manner. Another Prākṛta lyrical anthology is the Vajjālaggā of Jayavallabha. The subjects of the verses are grouped into three human ends- dharma, artha and kama22.
2. Narrative literature:
The narrative literature of the Jainas in Prakṛta is vast and rich. This literature served the purpose of folk literature also. We find the origin of the folk literature in Vasudevahindi for the first time23. Some other of the narrative literature are: Triṣasti-Śalākā-Puruṣa-Caritra,
21. Jaini, P.S. The Jaina Path of Purification, Motilal Banarasidass: Delhi, 2001, p. - 78-81.
22. Upadhyaye, A.N. Op. Cit. p.-172-3.
