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This finishes the exposition about the contents of Parikanma etc. So, as stated on p. 75, I shall now deal with the order in which the five sections of Ditthivāya' became mostly2 extinct. Up till now none seems to have tackled this problem. I am probably the 1st to have done so in 1939 in Tattvarasikacandrikā (pt. I, pp. 52-55) in Gujarāti. I do not know if any one has even criticized my views by this time. So, once more I express them in this connection and request the veteran scholars to examine them and to give their verdict.
It appears that a work gets obliterated when its study ceases. . If so, it means we should note how the 5 sections were being studied. It is well-nigh certain that the study of the 1st two sections preceded that of the rest. As regards Parikamma, it seems that at least some persons carried on its study side by side with and that, too, ahead of the corresponding Puvva-an inference I draw from Aryarakṣita Sūri's episode. On this basis it can be suggested that the study of the Parikamma pertaining to each Puvva ended with the extinction of that Puvva; for, it was no use preparing the Parikamma of that Puvva which had ceased to exist. If this suggestion is correct, it follows that the Parikamma associated with the study of the last 4 Puvvas became a dead letter by 1 As stated in Samavāya (s. 46), Ditthivāya has 46 Māuyāpayas. Each of the
14 varieties of Parikamma has only one Māuyāpaya (vide p. 83). So it follows that some other section or sections of Ditthivāya must have Māuyāpayas. Abhayadeva Sūri in his com. (p. 696) on Samavāya (s. 46 ) makes a tentative suggestion in this connection as under: ___“'दिद्विवायस्स' त्ति द्वादशाङ्गस्य 'माउयापय' त्ति सकलवाङ्मयस्य अकारादिमातृकापदानीव. दृष्टिवादार्थप्रसवनिबन्धनत्वेन मातृकापदानि उत्पादविगमध्रौव्यलक्षणानि, तानि च सिद्धश्रेणि-मनुष्यश्रेण्यादिना
विषयभेदेन कथमपि भिद्यमानानि षट्चत्वारिंशद् भवन्तीति सम्भाव्यन्ते।" 2 "Hafitai yrat özafogoti" - Malayagiri Sūri's com. (p. 238b) on Nandi (s. 57). 3 These are rather somewhat revised ones. 4 For a tentative treatment of this topic see J. S. E. (pp. 235–287). 5 This assumption is based upon the fact that in all the references about
the 5 sections of Ditthivāya, I know of, Parikamma is invariably assigned
the 1st place and Sutta the second. 6 See p. 78, fn. 4.
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