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exceptions could be followed along with their atonements.
The Bhasys, dealing with the code of conduct of monks are Daśavaikālika Bhasya, Uttaradhyayana Bhasya, Brhatkalpa Bhāsya, Vyavahara Bhasya, Niśitha Bhāsya and Jitakalpa Bhasya. Some of the Bhasyas also contain some informations of historical importance. As the authors of the Bhāsyas, we have only two names: Jinabhadragani and Sanghadasagani. Jinabhadragani is the author of Viseṣāvasyaka-bhāsyawhile Sanghadāsagani is the author of Brhatkalpa, Vyavahara and NiśithaBhāsya. Of these two Sanghadasagani is supposed to be senior to Jinabhadra, because Jinabhadra, in his work Visesanavati has referred the Vasudevahindi, a work authored by Sanghadasagani. The period of Jinabhadra is undoubtedly the latter half of the c. 6th A. D. As Sanghadasagani was senior to Jinabhadragani, it leaves no room for doubt that he must have flourished in second half of the c. 6th A.D. All these Bhasyas are of considerable length, composed in Prakrta verses and deal with their subjects exhaustively. We find a rich cultural data and some information about the cultural history of India in the Bhāsyas.
Next, the Curnis, unlike the Niryuktis and Bhasyas are written in prose. Niryuktis and Bhasyas are written in Prakrta only, while the Curnis in Prakrta mixed with Samskrta. Among Curnis -Avaśyaka, Daśavaikālika, Uttaradhyayana, Sūtrakṛtānga, Anuyogadvāra; Nandi and Niśitha are the most important. All these Curnis were written by Jinadasagani Mahattara. In Nandicurni it is clearly mentioned that this work was completed in Saka Samvat 598 corresponding to 676 A. D. It is, therefore, concluded that most of the important Curnis were written in c. 7th A.D. Some Curnis viz., Daśavaikālika of Agastyasimha and Curnisūtras on Kasayapāhuda-Sutta are the earlier among the
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