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(iii) Third sub-category of religious literature includes the works, such as, Kundakuņda’s Niyamsāra and Așțapāhuda, Pūjyapāda's Iștopadeśa and Haribhadra's Upadeśapada, Dharmabindu, Upadeśaprakaraṇa Sambodhaprakaraṇa etc.
(iv) The fourth sub-category is related to Jain Sādhanā and Yoga. Umāsvāti's Praśamarati, Jinabhadra's Dyānašataka, Haribhadra's Yogaviņsika, Yogaśataka, Yogabindu & Yogadțiștisammuccaya, Pūjyapāda's Samādhitantra, Sivārya's Bhagavati-āradhanā and vairous other works related to Aradhanā and Samādhimaraṇa come under this category.
(v) The fifth sub-category comprises the work related to the ethics and code of conduct for the monks, nuns and house-holders though various canonical works and Tattvārthasūtra and its various commentaries also deal with this subject-matter, but some independent works are also written in this field. In Svetāmbara tradition Haribhadra's Sāvayapannti, Hemachandra's Yogaśāstra, various Sāmacāris and Yatidinakrtya were written under this subcategory, wihile as in Digambara tradition Asādhara's Anāgāradharmarta and Sāgāradharmamặta along with various śrāvakācāra had been written.
IV Jaina narrative literature of this period is generally divided into five subcategories, viz. (i) biographies of the 63 illustrious personalities (Salākāpurūsas) described together in one book, (ii) life-stories of these religious great personalities described independently in a work, (iii) religious tales in romantic form, (iv) semihistorical Prabandhas and (v) compilation of stories in the form of Kathākośas.
Some prominent works of the narrative literature, such as, Caupaņņamahāpurisacariyam of Sīlāňka, Trișașțiśalākāpurūşacaritra of Hemachandra, some semi-historical Prabandhas Prabhāvakacarita, Prabandha-cintāmani, Akhyāṇakamaņikośa, Prabandhakośa, etc. had been composed between c. 12th - 14th A.D.
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