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noticed such abridgements at many places in this edition even though we have consulted it for our limited purpose. Rev. Agamoddhārakaji has dropped long or short portions of the Sutra in order to abridge the text. Hence this edition could be described as the abridged Prajñāpanāsutra prepared by Rev. Agamoddhārakaji. This abridged version contains the words sukka', 'kanha' etc. in place of sukkalessa', 'kanhalessa' etc. found in all the handwritten manuscripts and the printed editions. But this way of abridging the original Sutra text may possibly lead to the corruption of the original text itself. Hence the continuation of this method is not desirable at all. The latest edition should not be at least more corrupt than the previous ones, if not better than those. This is what we expect. But this Šilagama edition does not come up to our expectation. The forthcoming discussion will yield other details about this edition.
6. Muniraja Shri Pupphabhikkhu (Puspabhikṣu Phulchandji) has edited the Agamas in two parts under the common title 'Suttägame'. The second part of Suttagame contains 21 Agamas excluding the Angas. And among these 21 Agamas is found Prajñāpanāsutra. This second part of Suttagame' has been published in 2011 V. S. by Sütrāgama Prakāśaka Samiti, Guḍagāṁva, Chavani. This is the latest edition of all that we have consulted. On examining the version of Prajñāpanäsütra contained in Suttagame we have come to entertain doubt regarding the authenticity not only of the text of Prajñāpanäsutra contained therein but also of the texts of other Agamas contained therein. In Suttagame Muni Śri Pupphabhikkhuji has edited 32 Agamas recognised by the followers of Sthanakavāsĩ sect. The later edition should be better than the former. This is what we generally expect. But Suttāgame does not come up to our expectation. For the elucidation of this point we request the readers to study 107 paragraphs written under the heading Examination of some of the readings of Prajñāpanāsūtra', especially paragraphs No. 42, 49 and 64-77. It I would not be improper if we say something about the statements occurring in the Introduction (Prastāvanā) and Editor's Note (Sampadakiya) to the first and the second parts of Suttagame respectively.
The introduction to the first part has been written by Muni Śrī Jiņacandabhikkhu (Jinacandrabhikṣuji). And the Editor's note to the second part has been written by Muni Sri Puspabhiksuji himself. On the 25th page of the introduction and on the 65th page of the Editor's note there occurs the heading 'Special features of this Edition'. Under this heading there occur the following three statements: (1) We have taken sufficient pains in selecting
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