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has pointed out that 63 verses of Bhasa have been incorporated in this Nijjutti. See p. 278 of this edn. That some of the verses of the Bhasa on Kappa have got mixed up with those of its Nijjutti, is a remark made by Malayagiri Sūri in his com. (p. 2) on this Kappa. There he has observed that it is well-nigh impossible to separate these two elements. It may be further noted that Pancakappa which is an offshoot of either the Kappabhāsa or more probably that of Kappanijjutti seems to contain the gathās of both of them. Perhaps the 1st 4 or 5 gathās may be definitely pointed out as belonging to the Kappanijjutti. As regards the rest, it is very difficult-almost impossible to decide as to which gatha is that of the corresponding Nijjutti and which is that of the pertinent Bhasa. This is the view held by Muni Punyavijaya, a learned disciple of the late Muni Caturavijaya.1
Under these circumstances, almost all the extant Nijjuttis and Bhasas may be defined as under:
Nijjutti contains verses really belonging to it and some of the corresponding Bhasa, too; but the former preponderate over the latter. Similarly Bhasa consists of verses which legitimately belong to it; and, in addition it has some verses of the relevant Nijjutti as well; but the former exceed the latter in number.
It is in this light that the designations such as Avassayanijjutti, Dasaveyaliyanijjutti, Uttarajjhayananijjutti, Dasasuyakkhandhanijjutti, Nisihabhāsa, Vavaharabhasa, Kappabhasa and Pancakappabhasa of the extant works should be interpreted. The same thing can be said about Ohanijjutti and Pindanijjutti, too; for, they contain at least some verses of their corresponding Bhāsas. This may suffice so far as the general nature of the Nijjuttis is concerned. So I shall now deal with the extant Nijjuttis.
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Avassayanijjutti- This is versified com. on Avassaya. Its extent is differently noted in different Mss.3 Roughly speaking, it varies from 2575 slokas to 3550 slokas. It seems that the original Nijjutti has undergone several additions. These are associated 1 Vide his private communication dated 13-7-40.
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Nijjuttis on Ayara and Suyagada seem to have very little spurious matter. They appear to have been preserved to us in a form alınost free from later additions.
Vide D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. III Nos. 1008, 1004, 1007-1009).
