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Śramanic traditions were tolerant as well as respectful to each other.
Uttaradhyayana and Daśavaikālika are other important works of this early phase. Uttaradhyayana contains thirty-six chapters, mainly dealing with the religious preachings as well as some metaphysical doctrines of Jainism. Some chapters of this text are regarded as the later additions by the scholars but in no way they are later than the c. 2nd or 1st B.C. The next work Daśavaikālika, composed by Arya Sayambhava (c. 5th_4th B.C.) mainly deals with the ethical code of conduct of Jania monks and nuns alongwith the spiritual discourses and preachings. However, we can't deny the possibility of the interpolations to the some extent in its final editing.
The other works dealing with the ethical code of conduct are Niśitha, Daśāśruta-skandha (Āyaradasā), Vyavahāra and Kalpa, all composed by Arya Bhadrabahu in c. 3rd B.C. These works, not only deal with the code of conduct but with transgressions and atonements also.
Against general belief, that all the Angas are composed by the Ganadharas, direct disciples of Bhagwan Mahāvīra, some opine that except Acārānga and Sūtrakṛtānga, all the Angas are composed later on. In my opinion, it is very difficult to assign any particular date or authorship to these extant works because of containing different levels of the development of Jaina thought, occurred through different ages.
After Acārānga and Sūtrakṛtānga, next two Angas in successive order are Sthānanga and Samavāyanga. They may be considered as encyclopaedia of early Jaina thoughts and beliefs, mainly based on the numbers more or less similar to Anguttaranikaya of Buddhist tradition. Both these works provide
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