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466 A. D. This collection is the origin of the present Jain canons. Another redaction was made by Skandilacharya at Mathura, which is known as “Mathuri Vachana" or, Mathura reading.
About these sacred books of the Jains Dr. Jacobi says "Regarding their antiquity many of these books can vie. with the oldest books of the Northern Buddhists”. These sacred texts or Agams are collectively called "Siddhanta". They are 45 in number and are divided under following heads :
Eleven Angas Twelve Upangas Four Mul Sutras Six Chhed Sutras Ten Payannas
Two Chulikas. There are also the Jain Nigams or Upanishads which are 36 is number. (See Appendix)
The Siddhantas or more properly the Jain Sutras have four-fold commentary under the names of Tikd, Niryukti, Chummi and Bhasya and with the original texts which are in Prakrit, they constitute the, five-fold Panchangi Siddhantas. The
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