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THE GREAT SCRIPTURES OF JAINS
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4. Dharma-katnānuyoga--Biographical and didactic tales.
All the four types of literature are useful for culture and discipline of mind. Shrimad Rāja Chandra, a Jain Yogin whom Gandhiji held as his Guru, explains the utillity of the above as follows:
1. In case of doubt one is advised to deliberate on metaphysics.
2. In case of sloth on ethics.
3. In case of the mind led astray by passions one should study biographies af the virtuous.
4. In case of dullness one should deliberate on the problems of mathematics.
Agamas According to Digambara Tradition
According to the tradition of Digambaras the present Āgamas are not original. They are the works not only edited but altogether composed a new by Devardhi Ganin.
On the other hand they accept two works, namely, Satkhandagama and Kaṣāyaprabhṛta as the direct remnants of canonical literature. Dr. Hira Lal gives the following account of them being reduced to writing :-"The teachings of Lord Mahāvīra were arranged into twelve Angas by his pupil Indra Bhūti Gautama, and they were handed down from preceptor to pupil by word of mouth till gradually they fell into oblivion. Only a fraction of them was known to Dharasena who practised penances in Chandra Guha of Girinagara, in the country of Saurashtra (modern Kathiawar). He felt the necessity of
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