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Sagarmal Jain: Jain Literature
Prameyakarnalamārtanda, Vādidevasūri's Pramāṇanayatattvāloka and Syādvādaratnākara, Mallisena's Syādvādamañjari had been written, which are the important works of this category.
So far as the literature on Karma-philosophy is concerned after the Kașāyapāhuda and șațkhanļāgama, the main works are Kammapayadi, six old Karmagranthas, four Pañcasamgrahas, Gommațasāra and five later Karmagranthas of Devendrasūri. In the present age Ācārya Devendramuni has also composed 9 volumes on karın theory in Hindi and Virasekharvijaya and Jagatacandravijaya in four volumes in Prakrit and Sanakrit.
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The literature related to Jain religious practices, ethics, yoga and code of conduct is very vast. Most of the Jain literature comes in this category. It can be further divided into five subcategories
(i) Hymns composed in the praise of Tīrthankaras covers the greatest part of Jain literature. Among this category Siddhasena's Dvātrimśikas, Samantabhadra's Svayambhūstotra, Kundakunda's Daśabhakti, Mānatunga's Bhaktāmbarastotra, Siddhasena's Kalyāṇamandirastotra etc. are prominent.
(ii) The works related to the modes of worship, religious rituals and ceremonies are also, much more in number than other categories. Umāsvāti's Pujāprakaraṇa was the first work of this subcategory, which is not available at present. It is to be noted that the works of this category are mingled with the works related to Jain ethics and code of conduct. Haribhadra's works such as Așțaka, Șodaşaka, Vimśikā, Pañcavastu, Caityavandanabhāșya belong to this category. The work of the Jain literature related to rituals are near about one thousand and five hundred. It is very difficult to mention even their names in this short article.
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