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DOCTRINE OF THE JAINAS
work first revised by Sidhasena and then by Jinabhata. Afterwards Jinabhadra wrote an "extensive" Bhasa; but this Viscsavassaya-bhasa serves merely the first half of the Nijjutti.
The manuscripts of the Uvagghaya in the Vulgata recension start by rendering the list of teachers taken from the Nandi (§ 53). The printed edition begins with the theory of cognition based upon the 5 nana and going back to the Nandi as well. These v. 1-79 are no more than an introduction (1. Pedhiya)', the sāmāya to be dealt with presently being a component part of suya-nana. (2. Padhama Varavariya) (v. 80-242). In the beginning we find "Bhadrabahu's" programme just mentioned followed by the Samaiyanıjj. (from v 87). With respect to the sāmāya 15 proposed to explain (137 f) uddesa instruction, niddesa special information, niggama origin, khetta place, kala time, purisa originator, Larana cause and further subjects, 26 in all. In niggama we meet with Mahavira's pre-existences (143), the 7 kulagara (148) and the nitt they exercised, previous lives of Usabha (167), the Karman that predestined him to become a Titthagara (176), his young age (182). The same applies to all Titthagaras (230), the dates of each (up to 337). (3 Buyā Varavanya) (v. 243-525). The story of Usabha and his people continued (338) with special reference to his grandson Marici, a preexistence of Mahavira's The life of the latter (458) up to when he entered into the kevala-nana. (4). Uvasagga begins with v. 462 and hence is an excursion to 3. (5.) Samosarana (v. 526590). The place where a Titthagara is going to deliver his sermon the way how it is prepared and how the audience represented by gods, human beings and higher animals is ranged; the sermon itself and the glory of the Titthagara, the donations of the audience (6). The 11 ganahara (v. 591-665). (7.) The tenfold sāmāyāri (v 666-827). In it the discussion of the methed
I The divisions given in brackets, as introduced by WEBER and LEUMANN, have been taken from Malayagırı's comm as far as there Nothing of it in the verses they appear
2 varavarikā (Kapadia p 177, acc to the Cunni?). var. means proclamation of giving the desired object"
