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Ethical Literature of the Jainas
1. Catuḥsarana, 2. Āturapratyākhyāna, 3. Mahāpratyākhyāna, 4. Bhaktaparijña, 5. Tandulavaicārika, 6. Samstaraka, 7. Gaccha cara, 8. Ganividya, 9. Devendrastava, 10. Marana samadhi.1
These Prakirṇakas contain, respectively, 63, 70, 142, 172, 586, 123, 137, 82, 307 and 663 Gāthās. The first and ninth of these Prakirņakas are attributed to Virabhadra. The first of these Prakirṇakas deal mainly with devotion, Arhanta, Siddha and Sadhus; the second with voluntary death; the third with vow; the fourth again with voluntary death; the fifth with brahmacarya; the sixth with process of voluntary death; the seventh with rules regarding the behaviour of monks and nuns; the eighth with astrology; the ninth with the praises of 24 tirthankaras; the tenth with twelve anuprekṣās and voluntary death.
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Cülikās ātras:
The word 'culikā' means 'appendix'. The two culikāsutras, Nandi and Anuyogadvāra, are the latest parts of the Agamas.
Nandi is the work of Deva Vācaka (3rd cent. A.D.). It gives a long list of Sthaviras and classification of Agamas.
Anuyogadvara is the work of Arya Rakṣita (5th cent. A.D.) which deals with many secular matters like grammar and politics together with moral material of little originality. Exegetical literature on Agamas
We have noted above a view of the important commentaries on the eleven Angas. There are many commentaries on the Angabahya canonical literature, also. Many of these commentaries are no less important than the original as belonging to pre-Christian era. The Samskṛta commentaries are our main help in understanding the original sutras in Ardhamāgadhi. Some of the main commentaries and their authors may be mentioned here :
1. Jaina, J.C., Prākṛṭa sahitya ka itihāsa, p. 123.
2. Kapadia, H.R., A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas, p. 165.
3. Ibid., p. 165
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