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THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS
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titles indicate the topics discussed in this work. So it will suffice to add that eulogy of dharma, firm faith in it, code of discipline and ahimsa (non-injury) are the main features of this Mulasutta.
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It may be noted that Dasaveyaliya appears to be more of a nature of compilation or adaptation than that of an original treatise; for, Dasaveyaliyanijjutti (v. 16-18)' mentions several Puvvas as the sources of its ajjhayanas. As one and all the Puvvas have become extinct by this time, we are not in a position to say whether the sources have been utilized ad verbatim or that their spirit is made use of. However turning to the extant Agamas we find:
(i) Verses 7 to 11 of ajjhayana II of Dasaveyaliya agree word for word with v. 42 to 44, 46 and 49 of ajjhayana XXII of Uttarajjhayana.
(ii) The five prose passages dealing with the 5 mahāvratas and occurring in ajjhayana IV of Dasaveyaliya tally almost word for word, with the ending portions of Ayara (II, 15).4
(iii) Ajjhayana VII of Dasaveyaliya can be compared with Ayara (II, 4) so far as ideas and phraseology are concerned.
(iv) Ajjhayana X of Dasaveyaliya has many a point in common with Uttarajjhayana (XV). For instance, both have the
1 See p. 88, fn. 7-10.
2 The narrative of Rajimati and Rathanemi given here is looked. upon by Prof. M. V. Patwardhan as only a mutilated version of the same narrative in Uttarajjhayana (XXII).
3 The ideas expressed herein and the phraseology in which they are clothed, are to be met with in Samanasutta, a portion of Avassaya. As regards the repetition of words occurring in these passages it may be said that such a style was adopted for religious works even by the Vaidika Hindus. The Aitareya Brahmana (Pañcika VII) which is reproduced in Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar's Second Book of Sanskrit (p. 192) may be cited as an instance.
4 Prof. Walther Schubring, in his intro. (p. iv) on Dasaveyaliya observes:"It is evident that Dasav. 4 I-V, 5 and 7 show a very close connection with passages in the Culão of the Ayaranga, the existence of which, together with that of the Viyahapannatti and the Diṭṭhivaya, is presupposed by Dasav. 8, 49."
