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intervals it continued getting revision with every new Tirtharkara. Similar is the case with the last eight. According to this view the present tradition starts from Sāntinātha, the sixteenth pontiff of the current series. But, his existence also goes, to a mythical past. As far as our knowledge of history Pārsvanātha is the earliest, who can definitely be assigned a historical existence.
In the time of Pārsvanātha scriptural knowledge was arranged into fourteen Pūrvas. The Nandi relates them as follows: 1. Uppāya-It is related with the Jaina metaphysics; describ
ing the origin of substances and their qualities. 2. Aggāniya---related with the numbers and dimensions. 3. Viria-it discusses the potentialities or powers of the ani
mate and inanimate beings. 4. Atthinatthippavāya-it discusses the problem of the exis
tence and non-existence from the stand points of dravya,
ksetra, kāla apd bbāva. 5. Nāņappavāya-related with the five types of knowledge. 6. Saccappavāya-related with Jaina ethics, discussing the
questions of saṁyama (restraint) and truth with their
opposites. 7. Ayappavāya-related with the problem of soul. 8. Kammappavāya-dealing with the eight types of karman
with their subdivision, 9. Paccakkbānappavāya--dealing with various types of vows
practised by the ascetics and householders. 10. Vijjanuppavāya-dealing with magic and supernaturať
powers. 11. Avañjha-dealing with the question of merits and demerits
with their results. 12. Pānão-dealing with the ten types of Parānas (vibrations). 13. Kiriāviśāla---discusses the practises to be observed by an
ascetic (samyamin) 1. Nandi Sūtra 56 also Samavāya
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