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Nandi Sootra
Thats he scrishni tamate shida
24. Samutthanashrut - This is the opposite of the Utthanashrut. This is meant to spread peace.
25. Nagaparynapanika - This describes the Nagakumars or the serpent gods.
27, 28. Kalpika and Kalpavatansika - These describes the gods and goddesses born, as a consequence of observing special austerities, in the Saudharma and other kalpas (cele, stial abodes of gods).
29, 30. Pushpita and Pushpachulika - This contains the stories of the present and the earlier births of gods having celestial abodes.
31. Vrishnidasha or Andhakavrishntdasha - This contains! Information about the spiritual pursuits, rebirths, ultimate vows, and liberation of the ten great men born in the Vrtshni or Andhakavrishni family. It has ten chapters.
Prakirnaks - The scriptures written by shramans on the basis of the shrut propagated by Arhats are called Praktrnaks. Starting from the shasan (period of influence) of Bhagavan Rishabhdev up to that of Bhagavan Mahavir, there have been innumerable shramans in this tradition. They have written innumerable books based on the precepts of the Arhat and their own experiences and wisdom, using their expertise of language, for the benefit of all. All these works are called Prakirnaks.
*ANGA-PRAVISHTA SHRUT* [138] MEANING-Question - What is this Anga-pravishta Shrut?
Answer - Anga-pravishta Shrut is said to be of twelve types-1. Achar, 2.Sutrakrit, 3.Sthana, 4.Samavaya, 5.Vyakhyaprajnapti, 6.Jnatadharmakatha, 7.Upas.akadasha, 8.Antakriddasha, 9. Anuttaraupapatik, 10.Prashnavyakaran, 11. Vipak shrut, and 12. Drishtivad.
1. ACHARANG SUTRA [139] MEANING-Question - What is this Acharang Sutra? Answer - The subjects discussed in Acharang Sutra are
, the codes of achar (conduct), gochar (food intake), vinaya (modesty of behavior), vinaya-fal (fruits of modesty), education, language, negations about Sanguage, charan (practices), karan (means), yatra (travel), matra (quantities), vritti (attitude), etc. This achar; in brief, is said to be of five types-1. Jnanachar, 2.Darshanachar, 3.Charitrachar, 4.Tapachar,and 5. Viryachar.
Acharang has limited readings (compilations, editions). It has countable Anuyogadwar, countable verses, countable couplets, countable niryukti (parsing), and countable pratipattis.
This Acharang is first among the Angas. It has two shrutskandha (parts), 25 chapters, 85 uddeshan kaal, and 85 samuddeshan kaal. Measured in pad (sentence units) it has eighteen thousand pads. It has countable alphabets, infinite gum (meanings and infinite variations. It has descriptions of limited number of mobile beings, and infinite immobile beings. It contains description of forms of shashvat (eternal or fundamental), created and natural substances. In many styles like niryukti, the tenets of Jina have been stated, propagated (prajnapit), detailed (prarupit), explained (with the help of metaphors) (darshit), clarified (with the help of examples) (nidarshit), and simplified (with the help of discourse style) (upadarshit).
It has been presented in such charan-karan style that if a person is engrossed in its studies, he becomes a scholar and an expert.
This concludes the description of Acharang Sutra.
Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
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Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
