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Sacred Literature of the Jains
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Āvasy. nijj. 8,55 : jam ca mahākappam11 jäņi a sesăņi chea suttăņi, from which passage it is clear that then, besides the mahākappam, there ex. isted several other texts belonging to this group (kalpädini Schol.); and in another passage of the above cited work (16,100) there are enumerated three texts, which, at present, still bear this name and which state that they were divided 812 just as we find them. They appear [447] to belong together after a fashion and to form a united group. In the cnumeration of the anangapavitpha texts in the Nandi, in the Päksikasūtra and in the three sämācāris we find these texts arranged in the same order (dasāna, kappassa, vavahārassa). In the sāmācāris, in the passage in reference to the number of days necessary to learn them, we find that
one suyakkhaṁdha is allotted to them all : kappavavahāradasānań (80 Āvi., Svi., dasākaorānam V.) ego suyakkhardho. The Vidhipr., however, states that some (kei) "kappavavahärānam bhinnaṁ suyakkhardham icchamti."
The title cheasutta is not mentioned in this list of the anangapavitphas or angabāhiras, which cites, in addition to the three texts held to be cheasuttas, two others immediately afterward, one name alone intervening. These additional cheasuttas are nisiha and mahānistha, which now stand at the head of the chedas. The mahākappasuam (see p. 478), too, is found in the list, but in a different place-about 24 places previous. From this we draw the conclusion that the author of the list did not regard the mahakappasuam (see p. 478) as belonging to these cheasuttas,
The mahakappa® is mentioned in no other passage. In all other passages, where the chedasūtras are enumerated, the nistham is invariably placed at the head of the list. Thus in Āvi., where the number of days necessary for learning the chedasūtras is stated, [448] there are enumerated as the "cheaggaṁtha" (here placed between upångas and painnas ; see p. 446) the seven names : nisiha, dasā, kappa, vavahāra, mahānisiha, paṁcakappa and jiakappa. The parcakappa is mentioned also under the painnas. Cf, above, pp. 427,430. The case is similar in Svi., where, however, the name chea® is omitted, and the discussion on this subject is inserted between that concerning angas 4 and 5. In Svi, only stha,
811 According to the Scholiast these texts are borrowed from the diffhivda (anga
12), and, consequently, are to be regarded as rsibhäşita : mahākalpaśrutādinām api tsibhasitatva(d) dystivādād uddhytya tesam pratipaditat vat dharmakathānuyoga
vya (°gat vāś ca)? prasamgah. 812 dasa uddesanakala dasāna, kappassa huiti chac ceva / dasa ceva vavahärassa hurti
savve vi chavvisam //,
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