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udiranī (expedited operation), utkarshana (prolongation), apakarzhimin (diminution), samkramana (transformation), upaśama (subsidence), nidhatti (amassing), and nishkoñchita (a form of existence), etc., of the eight kinds of karmas from the points of view of primary (prakriti), secondary (nttara-prakriti), and tertiary nature (uttarottara-prakriti). It also deals with the various conditions of minds and also such ictions as īrya-patha, etc. It has 18,000,000 padas.
9. The Pratyākhyāna-pūrva deals with the things which should be renounced by man for all time, or for a fixed period of time in accordance with the condition of his body, strength, etc., from the points of view of numa, sthaprmā, drarya, kshetru, küla, and bhūru ; also with fasts, with the five samitis and the three guptis ; and also with the renunciation of absolutely bad things. It has 8.400,000 padas.
10. The l'idyānurūda-părra contains the 700 minor sciences, such as palmistry (?), etc., and the 500 kinds of higher learning, beginning with astronomy (?), etc., etc. It gives the nature of the learning, the qualities requisite to attain it, the ways of pursuing it, its formulæ, instruments, and diagrams, and the advantages that accrue to one who has mastered it. It also deals with the eight kinds of knowledge. It has 11,000,000 padus.
11. The Kalyana-rūda pūrva gives an account of the grand celebration of the great points (kalyānala) in the lives of Tīrthankaras, Chakra-charas, Vasudevas, etc., and of the sixteen causes and austerities that lead to a soul becoming a Tirthaikara, or that make it deserving of these high positions in life: and also an account of the influence of the motions of the planets, sun, moon, and nakshatras, and that of their eclipses and of the auguries. It has 260,000,000
padas.
12. The Prūna-vūdu-púrra contains an account of eight kinds of medical science, of removal of pains caused by spirits and ghosts, by means of chanted formula, or offerings made under certain conditi of antidotes to venoms of serpents, etc., and of how to ascertain the auspiciousness of occasions by examining the respiration of men ; of the ten currents of vitality in man's body; and of things which are agreeable or disagreeable to these currents in various forms of existence (such as that of men, animals, etc.). It has 130,000,000 padas.
13. The Kriya-r'iśăla-pürra treats of music, prosody, figures of speech ; of the 72 arts; of the techuical arts ; of dexterity; of 64 qualities of women ; of their 84 rites, such as pregnancy, etc. ; of 108 rites, such as perfect faith, perfect knowledge, etc.; and of 25
