Jainism by Vividus

Author(s): Ramnik V Shah
Publisher: Ramnik V Shah Canada

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14. Purvas are : 1. Utpada 2. Agrayaniya 3. Virya pravada 4. Asti-nasti pravada 5. Jnana pravada 6. Satya pravada 7. Atma pravada 8. Karma pravada 9. Pratyakhyana 10. Vidyanuvada 11. Kalyana 12. Pranavaya 13. Kriya vishala and 14. Loka bindu
sara.
16 Prakirnas are: 1. Samayika 2. Chaturvimshati stara 3. Vandana 4. Pratikramana 5. Vainayika 6. Krtikarma 7. Dasha vaikalika 8. Anuttaradhyayana 9. Kalpa vyavahara 10. Kalpya Kalpya 11. Mahakalpya 12. Pundarika 13. Mahapundarika 14. Padma 15. Mahapadma and 16. Chinyashitika.
The third classification is according to the subjects treated in each class and is a simple one containing only four divisions. They are : 1. Prathamanuyoga Agamas, containing biographies of Jaina Tirthankaras, emperors, and other great historical personages relating to India. 2. Charananuyoga Agamas, containing course of conduct prescribed for the householders, homeless and ascetics. 3. Karananuyoga Agamas, containing treatment of the Cosmos and its constituent elements, and the 4th is Dravyanuyoga Agamas, which contains metaphysical treatises describing the nature of life, matter and other primary categories of reality,
Some of these canonical books have been edited and published in India. English translations also have been published of Achara Anga, Sutrakrt Anga, Upasaka Dashaka. Antakrd dashaka, Anuttaraupapatika dashaka, Uttaradhyayana and the two Kalpa sutras. Also published in English are some of the Jaina literature of recent centuries among which the more widely known are: Haribhadrasuri's Samaraichcha kaha, Siddharshi's great allegorical work Upamitibhavaprapancha katha, Somadeva's Yashastilaka and Dhanapala's Tilakamanjari.
A very large literature of commentaries has grown up during the centuries following the redaction of the canons in
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