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posterior. Although most of the works of this period contain the religious preaching with some popular parables and stories as well as religious code of conduct, certain works deal with Jaina cosmology, metaphysics, Karma philosophy and theory of knowledge also. The list of canonical literature is, for the first time, found in Nandisūtra (c. 5th A. D.). We accept Nandisutra as a work of c. 5th A. D. All the works referred to in Nandisutra belong to not a single spur of moment. All the canonical works, it seems are composed in during c. 5th B. C. to c. 4th 5th A. D., i.e., within one thousand years. The works mentioned in the Nandisūtra are the following:
Āgama
Anga Pravista
Angabahya
Avasyaka
1.Acārānga
2.Sūtrakṛtānga
3.Sthānānga
4.Samavāyanga
5. Vyākyā prajñapti 6.Jnātādharmakathā
3.Vandana Kālika
4.Pratikramana
7.Upāsakadasānga 8.Antakraddasānga 9.Anuttropapatikadasā 6.Pratyākhyāna
5. Kayotsarga
10. Praśnavyākarāṇa
11. Vipākasūtra
12. Drstivāda
Other than Avasyaka
1. Sāmāyika
2.Caturvimsatistava
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Utakālika
1.Uttaradhyana 1. Daśavaikālika 2.Dasasrutaskandh 2.Kalpikakalpik 3.Kalpa 3. Cullakakalpasrut 4. Vyavahara 4. Mahakalpasruta 5.Niśitha 5.Mahanishit
