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two sections. It contains wentythree chapters in all." The first section has sixteen chapters and the second seven. The chapters of the former are known as Gāhāsolasaa? where as those of the latter are called mahādhyayanas. The first five chapters contain four, three, four, two and two uddešas respectively, while the rest have one uddeśa each. In all there are thirty-six thousand padas in this text. It deals with the doctrines and refutation of kiriyāväi, akiri ārāi, and yenaiyarãi, the four main heretical schools of those days represented by hundreds of sects. It also gives an account of the sufferirgs and hardships a mork should surmount and the way he should fortify himself against alien doctrines. The specific names of the twenty three chapters are : Samaya(2), Vetālia, Uvasagga parimpā, Thiparinnā, Narayavilhatti, Mahavirattoi, Kusils saril hásiya, Viria(1), Dhamma(4), Samāhi(2), Moçga, Samosarsņa, Āhatta hia, Gamtha, Jamaiya, Gāthă, Puñdariya(2), Kiriyāthīņa, Aläraps rirnā, Apaccakklāņakirjă, Apagārasua, Addaijja ard Nālamdaijja." Sūyagada was allowed to be studied by the monks of four years' standing.12 It is predicted in Titthogāli that this text would become extinct 1500 years after the emancipaticn of Titthayara Mahavira at the time of the death of monk Mahāsamapa.13 Rāyapaseņaiya is the Upānga of Sūyagada. Sūyagada has its nijjutti!5 ard cunni,16 has Sanskrit commentary by Śīlānka, which is again commented upon by Harsakula. 4. SutN. 22, Nan. 47.
10. Sam. 137, SamA. pp. 110f., NanM. 5. SutN. 22, Sam. 23, Utt. 31.16,
pp. 213f. AvaH. p. 658.
11. Sam. 23. 6. Sam. 16, 57; Nan. 47, Utts. pp. 614, 12. Vya. 10-22. 616; SutSi. p. 8, SumA. pp. 32, 43, 13. Tir. 818.
14. RajM. p. 2. 7. Sam, 16, SutSi. p. 8.
15. Vis. 1078, AvaN. 84, PrajM. p. 511 8. Sth. 545, SthA. p. 387.
AvaH. p. 58, 650. 9. Sam. 137, SutN. 22, SutSi. p. 8.
16. RajM. p. 275.
74.
Süyali See Caliya.”
1. Praj. 37.
1. Súra (Sürya) Alord of the Joisiya gods. He is ur.der Logapāla Soma’ of Sakka(3). He resides in the celestial palace named Süravadesaa.3 He has four principal wives : Surappabhā(1), Ayavābhä, Accimāli(1) and Pabhamkarā(2). He has his own sāmāniya gods etc. His family consists of twenty-eight Nakkhatta(1) (constellations), eighty-eight Gahas (planets) and 66975 kuțākoti Tārā(3)s (stars.)His territory is situated eight hundred 1. Bha. 169, Sur M. p. 296, AvaH. 4. Jiv. 104, Bha. 406, Sur. 97, 106. p. 124.
5. Sam. 170, 2. Bha. 165, See 453 and 455 also. 1. 6. Dev. 109-110, Sum 88 3. Sur. 97.
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