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6.3 AVASSAYASUTTA (Av.)
Remarks: The Avassayasutta and its associated literature form a complex corpus which is not yet fully documented. I have therefore limited the information given below to that necessary to provide a context for the publications held in the ANU Library. I have taken as a base the information given by Balbir (1993). Title: Avaśyaka (Skt). It is best to distinguish between two texts bearing the name Avassayasutta, the first being a brief canonical text commented on by Haribhadra and Malayagiri (Av), the second a less ancient text still in liturgical usage, more frequently called Şad-Āvaśyakasūtra (ŞadĀv). The entries in JRK and BORI Cat. do not separate these two texts. Content: The Av. exists only in conjunction with the Nijjutti and the prose ctys of Haribhadra and Malayagiri. It has six sections corresponding to the six "essential" daily duties obligatory for a religious Jain:
desisting from all evil, obtained by equanimity, sämāiya glorification of the twenty-four Tīrthakaras, cauvvisa-tthaya veneration (of the teacher) vandana confession, padikkamana asceticism, kāusagga renunciation of sensual pleasures, paccakkhāna
Attached to the formulas with which the six duties are performed are stories that have come down in the old commentaries (Winternitz 1933:2, 470).
References: JRK 35-39; BORI Cat. 17:3, 132-480; Schubring 1935 $55. Outline of the entries given here: Exegesis: as embodied in Bhadrabāhu's Niryukti and its commentaries
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1.1 Jinabhadra Gani, Viseșāvasyakabhāșya.
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Commentaries on the Sutra and the Niryukti
Avaśyakacūrņi Haribhadra Malayagiri Tilakācārya Jñānasāgara Māņikyasekhara
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Studies
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1 Leumann Übersicht 1934, p. 2a-6b, (reference drawn to my attention by Klaus Bruhn).
