Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Candavejjhayam Sutra

Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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XVIII : CANDRAVEDHYAKA PRAKĪRNAKA
Dvīpasāgaraprajnapti Mahāprajñāpanā Candraprajñapti
Pramādāpramāda Kșullikāvimānapravibhakti Nandī Mahallikāvimānapravibhakti Anuyogadvāra Angacūlikā
Devendrastava Vaggacūlikā
Tadulavaicarika Vivāhacukikā
Candravedhyaka Arunopapāta
Sūryaprajñapti Varuņopapāta
Pauruşīmandala Garudopapāta
Mandalapraveśa Dharaṇopapāta Vidyacaraṇa-viniscaya Vaiśramanopapāta
Ganividyā Velandharopapāta
Dhyānavibhakti Devendropapāta
Maranavibhakti Utthānaśruta
Ātmavisodhi Samutthānaśruta
Vītarāgaśruta Nāgaparijñāpanikā
Samlekhanāśruta Nirayāvalikā
Vihārakalpa Kalpikā
Caranavidhi Kalpāvatamisikā
Aturapratyākhyāna Puşpitā
Mahāpratyākhyāna Puşpacūlikā Vrşnidaśā
Thus, we see that in Nandīsūtra, Candravedhyaka has been mentioned as an Angabāhya, Avaśyakavyatirikta, Utkālika Āgama (Secondary, other than essential, all-time studiable canonical text). The style of classifying canonical literature in Pā ksikasūtra has some differences in the names and the order herein mentioned. There, too, Candravedhyaka is mentioned at the fourteenth position amongst the Utkālika Āgamas (all-time studiable canons). Besides these, yet another ancient classification of āgamas is available in the Sauraseni Agama 'Mū lācāra’ of the Yāpanīya tradition. Mūlācāra divides the canons