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Faina Ethics bali, Māghanandi and Dharasena, one after another, without showing their relation to each other. Prākyta Pațļāvali, however, mentions them as successors of each other. We have already referred to the time of Arhadbali as 152 B.C. If we subtract from it the time of Arhadbali, Mäghanandi and Dharasena, which is 28, 21 and 19 years respectively, the time of Puspadanta comes to 84 B.C.; and if we further subtract 30 years of Puspadanta, the time of Bhūtabali comes to 54 B.C.2 Dr. Nemicandra ascribes it to the first century of Saka era.3 The sixth khanda of ațkhan S'dāgama is composed by Bhūtabali alone and is termed as Mahābandha and is not commented upon.
Satkhandāgama gives us details about fourteen guņas thānas, which are quite important from ethical point of view. Virasena wrote a commentary on the first four khandas of Satakhandāgama also, which is called Dhavalā. According to the Prasasti, this commentary was completed in 816 A.D.4 Virasena has quoted not only Digambara books but also svetāmbara Agamas like Acārānga. Brhatkalpas ütra, Daśavaikälikasūtra, Sthänāngațikā, Anuyogadvāra and Avaśyakaniryukti,5 This is a proof of his nonapproach. Virasena refers to the opinion sectarian of Nägahasti as following the tradition of the ancient ācāryas.
Besides Dhavalā, commentaries by Kundakunda, Sāmakunda, Tumbulārācārya, Samantabhadra and Bappadevaguru are also referred to by Indranandis, and they have been assigned to 2nd 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th century, respectively.? None of these commentaries is available today.
Pro-canonical literature of Digambaras 1. Kundakundācārya
One of the most important and
earliest Digambara
I. Tattvänušāsanādisangraha, Srutavatāra (Indranandi), 102-104. 2. Satkhandägama, prastāvanā, p. 26-27. 3. Sástri, Nemicandra, Präkstabhāṣā aura sähitya kā ālocanālmaka itihāsa,
p. 212. 4. Satkhandāgama, Introduction, p. ii. 5. Ibid., Introduction, p. ji. 6. Tattvánuśāsanādisangraha, Srutāvatāra (Indranandi), 160-173. 7. Jaina, J.C., Prákyla sahitya kā itihāsa, p. 275.
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