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THE CANONICAL EXEGETICAL LITERATURE
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Kāüssagganijjutti and Paccakkhānanijjutti consist of about 172 and 94 verses respectively.
Prof. E. Leumann has noted that Bhadrabāhusvāmin's Avassayanisjutti is the 1st redaction. This is due to his surmise that this work and Mulāyāra (VII) are based upon some common source which he names as "original-Niryukti” consisting of 170 stanzas.
Dasaveyāliyanijjutti—This is a Nijjutti on Dasaveyaliya. It consists of about 447 verses. Out of them there are about 63 verses belonging to its Bhāsa, and they mostly occur in the Ninjutti of the 4th ajjhayana. Haribhadra Sūri in his com. (p. 84a) to it has noted one verse as fantast. In this Nijjutti we come across the nikkevas of 2 (v. 8), 297 (v. 9), GA (v. 34), 004 (v. 34), FH (v. 39), aq (v. 153), #TA (v. 161), 94 (v. 166), 4191 (v. 179), sita (v. 222), q* (v. 269), gfe (v. 283), n (v. 328), faig (v. 333) etc., and niruttas of 29 (v. 29-30), 7 (v. 156), f9 (v. 342) etc. Egatthas also are given e. g. that of 69127 (v. 32), GA (v. 35), 964 (v. 36), art (v. 52), 270 (v. 158-159), q* (v. 270) and 298FATA (v. 345-347). In v. 6 Kappa is mentioned. In v. 50 there is a reference to a syllogism consisting of 5 members and to one having 10, and in v. 157, a Jaina saint is compared with several objects. Four varieties of gahiyapaya viz. gajja, pajja, geya and cunna are given in v. 170, and the following 4 verses define them. Verse 188 states four types of narration whereas the subsequent ones up to 201 deal with their varieties.2 Verses 220, 221 and 224 explain the nature of the soul. In v. 252-253 are enumerated 24 kinds of corn and in v. 254-255 24 kinds of jewels. Verses 259262 deal with erotics, and v. 351 mentions 8 qualities of gold.3 1 189 verses of this are printed in Av. Lit. (pp. 16-19). On one hand this
work is commented upon by Vasunandin in his Acāravrtti (VII) and on
the other hand by A parājita and Asādhara in Dharmāmrta. 2 Cf. Samarāïccacariya (pp. 2-3), Upamitibhavaprapancākathā (v. 25-50) and
Kuvalayamālā of Uddyotana Sūri. 3 For details see Prof. A. M. Ghatage's article "Daśavaikālika-Niryukti” pub
lished in The Indian Historical Quarterly (vol. XI, No. 4, pp. 627-639). Therein he observes:
(i) "The commentator is clearly far-fetched and twisting in interpreting udāharañas as the drstāntas of the logical syllogisms.” -p. 637
(ii) "Haribhadra's opinion that a vāuliya is a reference to the school of the Nāstikas is not very accurate." -p. 638
