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It can be confirmed on various grounds that several chapters of Uttarādhyayana formed parts of Praśnavyākaraņa. The very name of Uttarādhyayana itself indicates the fact that this text has been constituted out of the Uttara-adhyayanas of some earlier text. It implies that its subject matter must have been later part of any other text. The 4th verse of Uttarādhyayana-niryukti confirms that some parts of Uttarādhyayana have been adapted from the Anga literature. The real purport of this gāthā of Uttarādhyayana-niryukti is that some adhyayanas consisting of the discussion about bondage and liberation held between Jinabhāșita and Pratyekabuddha have been taken from Anga texts. This statement of the author of Niryuktis throws light mainly on three points. Firstly, some of the adhyayanas out of the thirty-six adhyayanas of Uttarādhyayana are stated to be Jinabhāșita (Mahāvīrabhāșita). Secondly, some of them are put in the form of conversation of Pratyekabuddhas and thirdly, they have been taken from Anga literature. Naturally the question arises as to which was the Anga these parts of Uttarādhyayana were taken from. Some of the Ācāryas have inferred that the chapters dealing with afflictions etc. have been taken from Drstivāda but I don't subscribe to their view, which has got no base. The very subject matter would have been taken from the text containing the subject matter of Mahāvīrabhāșita and Pratyekabuddha-bhāşita. It was only Pras'navyākarana, which could have such type of subject matter, and hence it would have been taken from this very text only. There is no controversy in accepting that some chapters of Uttarādhyayana are the noble sayings of Mahāvīra. Even if we accept that the 30th adhyayana of Uttarādhyayana and the gāthā given at the end which is said to be Mahāvīra-bhāșita is later addition and interpolation, the 24th gāthā of chapter 181h of the same text, which is similar to this gāthā in content and antiquity from the language point of view, cannot be said to be interpolated. It proves also that many chapters of Uttarādhyayana have been the part of Praśnavyākarana earlier. If we look at the speakers of the chapters of Uttarādhyayana, we find the chapters like
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