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far as we know, made by Siddhasena. Ācārya Hema. candra, divides his Koşa into Kāņdas (i. e. chapters ) but it is an obvious imitation of other Kosas existing in his times, such as Amarakoşa Trikānda kosa and others. The Prāksta of Kāņda is Kaņda or Kaņdayam and the approximate word for Kāņda in Prāksta is Gaņdikā a word said to have been used for the chapters of the 12th Jaina Anga named Dșstivāda, a great work which is no longer extant. Gaņdika can be transformed in Kandikā in Saṁskṛta, This word Kaņņikā is found to have been used for some of the chapters of Upanişads and other works. The word Gandikā, therefore, as applied to some of the chapters of the famous work Dşștivāda is an obvious imitation of the word Kandikā found in ancient Vedic literature. It cannot be traced to the word Kāņda in Samsksta.
. The whole of Sanmati is called Satta and every Gathā by itself, is also called Sutta. . This word Sutta is wellknown both in Prāksta as well as in Pāli. At present every Jaina scripture is called one continuous Sutta, for instance, Ācārānga Sutta, Sūyagadārga Sutta, etc. But the word Sutta as applied to the small chapters of a book was quite well-known from remote times, for instance, out of the Pițakas in Pāli, no complete work is called Satta, but the different chapters of the whole book aro: known as Suttas ; for instance, Brahmajāla Sutta, Simha." nada Sutta, etc. The form Sutta in Prāksta and Pāli" has for its original either the word Sūtra or Sûkta: The word Sutta, as used in Buddhist as well as in Jaina literature, has been rendered by the commentators into the Saṁskfta 'word Sætra. Nowhere in Bauddha or Jaina
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