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The word 'veyāliya' used instead of Kāliya' signifies that this work can be read or recited at Viyala-Vikāla, i.e. in the evening. Or the text which was extracted by preceptor Sejjambhava for the welfare of his son monk Managa (from different Puvvas), was systematically arranged at Viyāla.?
Dasaveyāliya is divided into ten chapters. Out of them the fifth has two sections and the ninth four. Except chapters fourth and ninth, all the chapters are entirely in verse. Chapter fourth begins with a number of passages in prose, whereas chapter ninth has some portions in prose intercepted by verses. The titles of all these chapters are significant. The work deals with monastic conduct. The chapters bear the following names: 1. Dumapupphiyā - a parable pertaining to flowers of a tree, 2. Sāmaņpapuyyaya - the chapter commencing with monkhood, 3. Khuddiyāyārakahā - a brief exposition of conduct, 4. Chajjīvaniya or Dhammapannatti - six groups of living beings or exposition of duty, 5. Pimdesaņa - search for food, 6. Dhammatthakāma or Mahāyārakahā - desire for liberation or a detailed exposition of conduct, 7. Vakkasuddhi - purity of speech, 8. Ayārappaņihi - treasure of conduct, 9. Viņayasamāhi - devotion to discipline, 10. Sabhikkhua true monk or saint. Two Cūlās (appendices ) have been appended to them at the end.
Dasaveyāliya should be studied after Avassaga but before Uttarajjhayaņa. Some of the verses of Dasaveyāliya agree word by word with those of Uttarajjhayana.10 Similarly, some prose-passages occuring in Dasaveyāliya tally almost word by word with those of Āyāra.11 Titthogāli predicts that the extinction of the text of Dasaveyāliya will take place in V.N. 20900 and of its meaning in V.N. 21000.12 5. DasCu. pp. 5, 7.
9. NisCu. IV. p. 252, VyaBh. 3.176. 6. DasN. p. 12.
10. Compare: Ch. 2. VV. 7-11 of Das. with 7. DasCu. p. 7, DasH. p. 12, DasN. Ch. 22. Vy, 42-4, 46, 49, of Utt.
pp. 9-10, 12, Mahan. p. 116, KalpV. | 11. Compare: Ch. 4 of Das, with Aca. 2.15. p. 251.
12. Tir. 827, 842. 8. Dass. pp. 11-15, DasCu. p. 8.
Dasa veyaliya-cunni (Dašavaikālika-cūrni) A commentary in prose on Dasaveyāliya. Its extent is 7576 ślokas. It is referred to in Uttarajjhayanacuņņi? as well as in Āvassaga-cuņņi. See also Jiņadāsagaạimahattara. 1. DasCu. p. 379.
3. AvaCu. II. p. 117. 2. UttCu. p. 274.
Dasă (Dasā) Same as Dasāsuyakkhamdha.
1. Nan. 44, Sam. 26, Pak. p. 44, Tir. 817, AvaCu. I. p. 158. Dasā-Kappa-Vayahāra (Dašākalp-Vyavahāra) Total number of chapters in Dasā, Kappa(2) and Vavahāra are twenty-six.1
1. Sam. 26, Pak. p. 69, AvaCu. II. p. 148.
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