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Dvīpasāgara Prajña pti, Joisakarandaga, Angavijjā, Pindavisohi, Tithi prakirņaka, Pajjantārāhanā, Jiva Vibhakti,, Kavaca Prakarana and Jonipāhuda are more important than others. Most of these Prakaraņas are not well edited.
6. Publication of Chedasūtras.
Chedasūtras deal with the rules and regulations for the Jaina monks in brief. They are six in numbers, e. g. Nisīha, Mahānisīha, Vavahāra, Dasāsuyakkhandha. Kappa (vșhatkalpa) and Pañcakappa. The Nissha is the most important chedasūtra with regard to the cultural material. With the Niryukti, Bhāsya and Cūrñi, it was edited by Upadhyaya Amara Muni and Kanhaiyalal Kamal and published in four volumes by Sanmati Jñana-pitha, Agra in 1957-60. A critical introduction entitled "Nishitha : eka Adhyayana" was written by Prof. Dalasukha Malavaniya. Mahānisiha was edited by Dr. Walther Schubring with a brief introduction 6. Vavahāra with Bhāsya and Malayagiri's commentary was issued from Bhavanagara in 1926. Colette Caillat edited it in three volumes with text, translation and commentaries (France). Kappa, Vavāhara and Nisiha were collectively edited by W. Schubring57. Dasasuyakkhandha was for the first time critically edited by H. Jacobi. (Leipzig, 1879) and its English translation also appeared in the Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 22. Further it was published with Samayasundaragañi's tīkā from Bombay in 1939 and with Hindi and Gujarati translation from Rajakot in 1958.
Kalpasūtra or Vșhatka lpsūtra of Bhadrabāhu was commented upon by Sanghadāsagani Kshamāșramaņa, Malayagiri, Kshemakīrtisūri and so on. It was edited by H. Jacobi (Leipzig). Further J. Stevenson issued another edition of the Kalpasūtra and Navatattva, two works illustrated of the Jaina religion and philosophy and translated from the Māgadhī into English (London, 1848). W. Schubring has also studied "Das Kalpasūtra, die alte Sammlung zinistischer Monchsvor schriften (Leipzig, 1905). Some other editions
Iso issued, e. g. Suri Rajendra',s "Kalpasūtrasya Bālāvabodha (Bombay, 1888), Kavi Ramachandra,s Kalpasūtra (Lucknow, 1925, Calcutta, 1887), Munisri Punyavijaya,s Kalpasūtra58, Kalpasūtra with Vinayavijayopādhyāya,s Subodhikākhyavștti, etc. Muni Chaturvijaya and Punyavijayaji edited the Vțhatkalpasūtra with a commentary begun by Ācārya Malayagiri and completed by Ācārya Ksemakirti in six volumesto. Pañcakappa and Jiyakappasutta are edited by Muni Punyavijayaji61. Jiyasutta further edited with the cūrni and ţikā by Muni Jinavijayji.
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