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noted in the present text be found in the same form as it is today then it will indicate the chronology of Sthanānga also. Samavāyānga is later than Sthānānga and it is either contemporary to the present text of Vipāka or of a little later date. Interestingly a comparision of the description of Mrgāputra wtth that of Guptika of Avadāna śatakam suggests a close similarity not only of descriptions but also of the moral of the story. Avadāna
story is comparatively simple. 2. The present Vipāka sūtra is a later text. When it was reedited
the order of the Adhyayanas was changed and second śrutask
andha was added. 3. This change seems to have occured during the period of the
Rāştrakūtas in the 8th 10th centuries A.D. If one considers. the inclinations of Amoghavarşa it is possible that this change
took place in the later part of 9th century A.D. 4. The 9th and 10th Adhyayanas where the future lives of Deva
dattā and Anju are noted, it is clearly indicated that they were born as males before emancipation. This is a clear reference to the Digambara practice, that has infiltered in the Svetämbara. text. The present text of the Vipākasūtra was completed latest by the 10th century A.D. so that it was available to Abhayadeva. for commenting Fresh study of this and other Anga texts is essential for clearing cultural and chronological situation. Such a study wiil help in understanding the literary activities. in better light.
References 1. Madhukar Muni (Ed.) Vipāka Sūtra, also Vipakasūtra of
Śriman Mukti Kamal Jain Mohanmālā, Vadodara, vol 38, samvat
1993 = 1937 A.D. 2. Mohanlal Mehta
Jain Sāhitya Kā Brhad Itibāsa,
vol. III 3. A. S. Altekar,
Rāştrakūtas and Their Times. 4. R. C. Majmudar etc. Age of Imperial Kanauj. 5. Acarya G. V.
Gujarāt Nā Aitihāsik Lekha. vol II Epigraphia Indica, vol III, p. 53
Epigraphia Indica. vol. XVIII, p. 235 8. P. L. Vaidya (ed.)
Avadāna Satakam, p. 247 ff.
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