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Samavāyāngasūtra
चेव चक्कहर-हलहराण य, वासाण य 13निग्गमा य, समाए एते अण्णे य 14एवमादि एत्थ वित्थरेणं अत्था समाहिजति।
Through (numerical) groupings (samavāya), the categories [conceived as] one etc. continuing by progression, the different modes of the baskets of twelve scriptures are described, the hundred groups and the venerable scriptural knowledge, extended in twelve Anga texts, beneficial to mundane beings, is presented, in brief. The various types of living-non-living beings, too, are expounded herein in detail. Besides, other descriptions too such as intake, breathing out, aura, number of habitations, their measurements, manifestation (in heaven/hell), descending (from heaven/hell), occupancy, worldly possessions, feeling, form, conscious activity, sense organ, passions, multifarious existence etc. of infernal beings, animals and plants, human beings and gods are exhaustively expounded herein. The measure of breadth, height, extension and details of Meru etc. mountains, governors, Seers, direct-disciples, universal monarchs of whole Bharat region, wheel bearing Baladevas, plough bearing Vāsudevas, of regions, nigamas and the like are treated, herein, in detail.
समवायस्स णं परित्ता वायणा जाव से णं अंगठ्ठताए चउत्थे अंगे, एगे अज्झयणे, एगे सुयक्खंधे, एगे उद्देसणकाले, एगे समुहेसणकाले, एगे 16चोयाले पदसतसहस्से पदग्गेणं पण्णत्ते। संखेजाणि अक्खराणि "जाव से त्तं 1 समवाए।
There are measured readings, up to among [the twelve] Angas the fourth [Samavāyānga] is expounded [as containing] single chapter (adhyayana), single book (śrutaskandha), single section (uddeśanakāla), single subsection (samuddeśanakāla) and forty four thousand words (padas) in all. Numerable syllables up to this is Samavāya.
13. निगमा मु०। निग्गमा स समाए खं०। "निर्गमाः पूर्वेभ्य उत्तरेषाम् आधिक्यानि"-अटी०॥ 14. मादित्य वित्थरेणं जे०॥ 15. "समाश्रीयन्ते .....बुद्ध्याऽङ्गीक्रियन्ते इत्यर्थः, अथवा समस्यन्ते कुप्ररूपणाभ्यः समयक् प्ररूपणायां क्षिप्यन्ते"- अटी०॥ 16. चउयाले पदसहस्से मु०॥ 17. जाव चरणकरणरूवणया आपविज्जति से तं मु०॥ 18. समाए खं० जे०॥
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