History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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ANALYSIS I Origin and utility of the authoritative works, impossibility of furnishing a complete list of names and details of all the schools of thought, continuities and extinctions of some of the Jaina scriptures, establishment of the Jaina tīrtha, 3 questions by Indrabhūti to Lord Mahāvīra and his replies - tripadī, 15 nisadyās, similarity of some of the dvādaśāngis even in words, explanations about the differences of opinion regarding the order of the composition of the 12 Angas and that of the 5 sections of the 12th Anga, .contents of Anuoga, four anuyogas and their relative importance, various meanings of the word 'scripture', 2 definitions of sammasuya and 2 of micchāsuya, enumeration of the Jaina scriptures, 300 Śrutakevalins and their compositions, works of Bhadrabāhusvāmin, the 10 Nijjuttis and the works associated with them, works of Daśapūrvadharas and Pratyekabuddhas, classifications of some of the Āgamas as Mülasūtras, Chedasūtras, Upāngas and Prakīrņakas and 147 adhyayanas recited by Lord Mahāvīra.
(Attribution of superhuman nature, kālacakra and its subdivisions, 7 extinctions of the Jaina scriptures and the corroborative evidences pertaining to them, names of the 24 Tirthankaras of the present age, delivery of the sermon by Lord Mahavira, names of his 11 Ganadharas, definitions of nişadyā, sat and nitya, mention of tripadi and mātskāpadas, formation of 9 ganas, names of the five sections of Ditthivāya, orders pertaining to the composition and arrangement of the 12 Angas, synonyms of Anuoga, an example of synedoche, etymology and description of the contents of Anuoga, three interpretations for Mūlapadhamāņuöga, description of Cittantaragandiyā, references about the 4 anuyogas, a reason for mentioning only kāliyasuya, Ditthivāya, the fountain-head of scriptures, meanings of Apocrypha, a list of non-Jaina works, 3 varieties of the authoritative sūtra, the date of Bhadrabāhusvāmin, comparison of the designations of Gandhara and Śrutakevalin, names of the 10 Nijjuttis, those of 6 Cheyasuttas, and those of the 10 Daśapūrvadharas and the number of the Prakīrnakas in a tirtha).