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the nana, which we find also in N. abhinibohiya, suya, ohi°. manapayyava, kevala. The second form, the suyanānam, śrutajñānam, is the one par excellence which is discussed further on in the Anuy. The subdivisions of the suyan, are indicated by means of the same names which we find in N, though the gradations are somewhat different; see p. 11. It is divided into amgapaviṭṭham and into amgabahiram,948 the latter into kaliyam and ukkaliyam; the latter of which again into avassayam and ävassayavairittam.
Here in the An., the avassayam alone is discussed. The author states that he desires to explain his work according to the following four points of view, though the real reason for this statement is not clear āvassayam nikkhivissami, suam (śrutam) ni°, khamdham ni ajjhayanam ni. After a kārikā inserted here the author proceeds to a discussion of the avassayam per se, [22] which is cauvviham, viz. :nāmā, thavaṇā°, davva°, bhāva, respectively, the latter two being distinguished from the others as agamao and no-āgamao. At the end the synonyms (egaṭṭhiyā nāṇāghosā nāṇāvaṁjaņā nāmadhiyya) are stated as follows: avassayam, avassakaraṇiyya, dhuvaniggaho, visoh! yal ajjhayaṇachakkavaggo não ārāhaṇā maggo || samaneņa savaena ya avassakayavvayam havai jamhalamto aho-nisassa ya tamha avassayam nāma ||949 This designation as ajjhayanachakkavagga points unequivocally to a definite text, divided into 6 adhyayanas. By the 6 adhyayanas we may understand the six kinds of avassayam enumerated in the Nandi, above p. 11, and occurring below (see pp. 23, 24). These names as well as all the other synonyms of avassaya belong to the domain of ethical, ritualistic or disciplinary matters. Our text, however, touches upon these subjects only occasionally.
Next to the enumeration of the synonyms of the avassayam come the suyam and the khamdha, two of the four sections. To these we find that the same groups and sub-groups are ascribed as to the āvassayam; and an enumeration of the synonyms of each forms the conclusion. The verse containing the synonyms of the suyam is as follows [23] sua-sutta-gamtha-siddhaṁta-sāsaṇe āṇāvayana uvaese | pannavana āgame a egaṭṭhā payyavā sutte950, that containing the
948 There is unfortunately no enumeration of the angabahira texts in An.
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Vises, I, 871 f. I call attention to the following from the scholiast :samayikadi-saḍadhyayanakalapatmakatvad adhyayanasaḍvargah; tatha abhipretarthasiddhaḥ samyagupayatvan nyayo, mokṣärädhanähe tutvad äradhana, tathā mokṣapuraprapakatvad eva märgaḥ;- ahoratrasya madhye.
950 Between ana, ajna and vayana one MS. has utti which, however, throws the metre out of order; uktir vacanam vagyogaḥ scholiast; instead of sutte, sutraviṣaye, we expect sue, frute, which, however, does not suit the metre.
