Atma the Self

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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ĀTMĀ The Self....
everchanging - modification - creation (emergence) and destruction. With inherent exceptional superior spiritual knowledge, Gaṇadhara compiles twelve. 'Amga'. Compilation wordings may differ from Gaṇadhara to Gaṇadhara, but the essence will always be the same. The twelfth Amga - 'Dṛṣṭivada' - the largest, includes all the fourteen 'Pūrva'. Each succeeding Amga is double in volume than the preceding one. There is no subject in the cosmos both sentient (soul) and insentient (matter) in all respects and angleswhich is not accounted for and explained. The Universe, Space, Time, Astronomy, Anatomy, Meta-physics, Inductive-Deductive Logic, Biology, Chronology, Soul, Matter, Energy, Creative and Destructive power, Sound, Astrology, Medicine, Engineering and Mechanics (flying with or without power -including 'Lōha-Manava' - Robots which were in use from the beginning of the 4th period of the Time Cycle at the time of Bharata - Chaki varti).
Each Amga is composed of thousands of Pada. (Sections and SubSections)
(i) Acārāmga
(ii) Suyagaḍāmga
(iii) Thānāmga
(iv) Samavāyāmga (v) Bhagavati
(vi) Jñātā Dharma Katha
(vii) Upāsaka Daśāmga (viii) Amtagada Daśāmga (ix) Anuttarōvavāi Daśāmga (x) Praśna Vyakaraṇa Sūtra (xi) Vipāka Sūtra
Total of Eleven Amga :
(xii) Dṛṣṭivāda with 14 Purva (lost)
Total of twelve Amga :
Each pada (section/sub-section) contains hundred thousands of 'Ślóka' aphorisms or stanzas.
31
Pada
18,000 36,000 Pada
72,000 Pada
144,000
Pada
288,000 Pada
576,000 Pada
1152,000 Pada
2304,000 Pada
4608,000 Pada
9216,000 Pada
18432,000 Pada
36864,000 Pada
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Pada
56000860874005 Pada