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This Anga throws light on the biography of Lord Mahāvīra. For, not only do we here come a cross his various names but we find those of his several pupils, that of his pseudo-pupil Gosāla, those of his antagonists Jamāli3 and others, and those of his contemporaries who were the followers of Lord Pärsvanātha. Further, this Anga (VII, 8; s. 299) mentions Vajji Videhaputta who conquered nine Mallai rulers and nine Lecchai rulers. It furnishes us with information about the initiation of Jayanti, sister of the father of King Udayana. Over and above this, in the 9th saä (33; s. 380) we come across the various tribes to which the female attendants of Devānandā belonged. Names of the 16 jātis, grahas and heretical sciences viz. the 4 Vedas, Itihāsa, Nighantu, Vaidiko Upāngas and Şaşthitantra are here mentioned. Albrecht Weber in a note to his famous Lectures on the History of Indian Literature (2nd German edn., 1876) has referred to the atomistic theory of Jaina philosophers as found in this fifth Anga.
NÄYĀDHAMMAKAHAY This is the 6th Anga. Its name is mentioned in Samskrta in two or three ways, and it gives a nice food to one interested in etymological discussions. This 6th Anga is divided into two
1 In IX, 33; s. 381 we come across an account of the meeting of Lord Mahāvīra
with his mother Devānandā. As stated therein, at the sight of Lord Ma. hāvīra, milk began to flow from the breasts of this woman, her arms sweelled beside her bangles, her bodice got stretched, and she experienced horripilation. See the 15th saä. Its English translation by R. Hoernle has been published as an appendix in his edition of Uvāsagadasă (Bibliotheca India, Calcutta, 1888-1890). This saä is referred to by W. W. Rockhill in The life of the
Buddha and the early History of his Order, 1884. 3 See Ix, 33. 4. See XII, 2. 5 "चिलाइयाहिं वामणियाहिं वडहियाहिं बब्बरियाहिं ईसिगणियाहिं जोण्हियाहिं चारुगणियाहिं पल्लवियाहिं
ल्हासियाहिं लउसियाहिं आरबीहिं दमिलीहिं सिंधलीहिं पुलिंदीहिं पुक्खलीहिं मुरुंडीहिं सबरीहिं
rrete” (s. 380 ). Cf, the 6th Anga (s. 18) and the 10th (s. 4). 6 For details about this work see Purătattva (V, p. 81). 7 This is also named as Nāyasuya, Vide Nāyādhammakahā (II; p. 246b), 8 Soe Malayagiri’s com. (pp. 2300 and 231a) on Nandi and a ta netakat
4474711” (p. 179), a Gujarati translation of the 6th Anga,
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