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About the Book
The 'Samavāyanga-sutta' is the fourth in the series of the twelve most authentic and the earliest Canonical texts (angas composed in the Ardhmāgadhi Prakrit. It is usually dated in the 5 to 4 c. BCE. 'Samavāya' means la group' 'an aggregate' or a 'cluster' of items, subjects or concepts usually associated with each other through certain common characteristics. The text is named as such because it follows the pattern of enlisting the subjects and themes related to Jain doctrine in a group form following numerical order in ascending manner. i.e. starting with 1 and going upto 100 in a regular way and then beyond in a faster pace, upto one crore. These subjects are then dealt with in a detailed and substantial manner unfolding their characteristics, a process during which important psychological and ontological aspects of Jain doctrine as well its cosmological beliefs come to fore. The text is thus an invaluable source of deriving information on various aspects of Jain philosophy and belief system. It is the first ever English translation of the text embellished with critical and supplementary notes which is being issued for the sake of reaching a wider Jain and NonJain readership, especially researchers and scholars.
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