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R. N. Mehta
Sthānānga is silent about the second Śrutaskandha. The Samav. āyānga does not give the names of the Adhyayanas but it knows twenty Adhyayanas. This is the exact number of the present text. The Sukhavipaka of Vipākasūtra notes (1) Subahukumāra, (2) Bhadranandi (3) Sugatakumāra (4) Suvāsavakumāra (5) Jinadasa (6) Dhanapati (7) Mahabala (8) Bhadranandı (9) Mahacandra and (10) Varadatta.
It is significant to note that Sthānānga and Nandįsūtra are silent about the second part of the Vipaka sūtra. The Samavāyānga knew the twenty Adhyayanas, but it has not given the titles of the Adhyayayanas of the text. There is a discrepancy in the number of the padas of the existing text and those noted in the Samavāyānga and NandiSūtra. These discrepancies require interpretations.
The interpretation offered by Devendramuni śāstri on p. 12 on the basis of Sthānānga Vịtti is that the second Srutaskandha is discussed elsewhere. This interpretation does not consider chiono. logy. So this aspect requires an analysis of the available data. Analysis :
Analysis of the textual data presents the chronological problems as indicated here. 1. The Sthānānga and the Samavāyānga knew a text of the Vipāka
Sūtra. The Sthānānga knew a text of ten Adhyayanas, whereas
the Samavāyānga had the knowledge of twenty Adhyayanas. 2. The present text differs in arrangement and length from the one
known to the Sthānānga. If this arrangement that is noted above is compared, it becomes clear that the first nine Adhyayanas have some similarity. But the last is known in the Sthānānga as Kumāra licchai. In the present text, the story has no reference to licchai.
These facts suggest the differences and they require some chronological considerations. They are listed here. 1. There is a difference between the notice of the text in Sthān.
änga and the one available. When did this difference develop ? 2. The Sthānānga knew only ten Adyayanas, while the Samavāy
ānga notes twenty Adhyayanas. This difference indicates that
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