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arrived at. Jivājīvābhigama several times refers to Prajñāpanā and its Padas. Again, it refers to Rajapraśniya and Aupapātika3. Out of these references, one to Aupapātika belongs to the days when Agamas were penned down, that is, to the age of Valabhi redaction and it was made for the convenience of the reader. This is what we can say about that particular reference. But it is necessary to fix, following some other method, the chronological order between Jīvājīvābhigama and Prajñāpana in order to decide the question as to whether reference to Prajñāpana was included at the time of Valabhi redaction or the author of Jiväjivābhigama himself made it.
The general structure of Jiväjivabhigama is such that in it the divisions of jivas are gradually treated of and while dealing with a particular division the sthiti (life-span), antara (gap), alpabahutva (relative numerical strength) etc. of the jivas forming that division are discussed. Generally it can be said that the entire text is divided into two parts. In the first part there occurs the description of ajiva and the various divisions of samsart jivas whereas in the second part there occurs the description of the divisions of all jivas, that is, here in this second part the divisions are so made and described as to include samsart as well as siddha jivas. While dealing with those 2 divisions, 3 divisions upto 10 divisions, the sthiti (life-span) etc. of the jivas of the concerned division are pointed out.
Though Prajñāpană deals mainly with this very subject, its method is different from that of Jivajivābhigama. As we already know Prajñāpanā is divided into 36 Padas. And the description of the divisions occurs only in the 1st Pada. In other words, the complete picture of the divisions and sub-divisions of jiva and ajiva could be had from the first Pada (viz. Prajñāpană Pada). Sthāna (dwelling place or location), alpabahutva (relative numerical strength), sthiti (life-span), etc. of jivas are discussed one by one in the remaining Padas-one in each Pada. In fine, in Jīvājīvābhigama the information about the sthiti, etc. of the jivas of a particular division is found at the occasion of the description of that particular division, whereas in Prajñāpană in one Pada all the information about the sthiti of the jivas of all the divisions is found at one place, in another Pada all the information about sthāna of all the jivas of all divisions is given and so on and so forth. In other words, Jiväjiväbhigama conducts its discussion
6. Su. 4, 5, 13, 15, 20, 35, 36, 38, 41, 86, 91, 100, 106, 113, 117, 119-122.
7. Su. 109, 110.
8. Su. 111.
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