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13. Utthānaśruta 14. Samutthānaśruta
15. Nāgaprajñaptipanikā Utkalika-sūtra not available presently
1. Kalpikākalpikā 2. Cūlakalpikā 3. Mahāprajñāpanā 4. Pramādāpramāda 5. Pauruşīmandala 6. Mandala Pravesa 7. Vidyācaraña Vinīscaya 8. Dhyānavibhakti 9. Vītarāga Śruta 10. Vihārakalpa 11. Cāraṇavidhi
About the subject matter of these Kālika and Utkālikasūtras, not existent today, it is very difficult to comment upon. Their subject matter can be inferred on the basis of their titles only. One Angasūtra, i.e., Drstivāda, 15 Kālikasūtra and 11 Utkālikasūtras, thus, the number of extinct texts is 27 in total. Except these 27, all 51 texts are available. At present six Āvasyakas being counted as one, the number finally becomes 46. It is not possible here to deliberate on the corresponding authorship, date and subject matter of each and every text of this list in this short article, so I shall discuss only few important works in their chronological order. Primary Canons (Angas)
Ācāränga is considered as the oldest of all the works of the early period. According to the scholars, the first part of Ācārānga belongs to the c. 5th-4th B.C. This part contains the original preachings of Lord Mahāvīra. It deals with the spiritual preachings
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