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THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF JAINISM
Table A.2.2. Some details of Part III: Angabāhya of Table A.2.1.
Name
Meaning
Number of texts
Svetambara Stathankvasi
12
a Upānga b Chedasūtra c Mülasūtra d Prakirņakasūtra
Subsidiary to Anga Books of discipline Main scripture The miscellaneous
Same 12 Same 6 1 of 4* (1 extracted from 10 ?)
10
e Cūlikāsūtra
Appendix
* Daśavaikälika.
(A) Ācārānga (Part II). The law book of Jain monks and nuns
dealing with their conduct. B) Sūtrakrtānga (Part II). Gives a critical examination through
non-absolutism (anekāntavāda) of the teaching opposed to
Jain. (C) Bhagavati (Part II). (Means the venerable.) Gives questions
of Gautama and answers of Mahavira, with the use of the conditional dialectics (Syādvāda). Also the confrontation of
Gosāla with Mahavira is recorded. (D) Ācāradaśāh (Part IIIb). Kalpa-sūtra is another important
work which is the eighth chapter of Ācāradaśāḥ appended with a collected biography of Tirthankaras and the lineage of successors to the gañadharas: the eighth chapter gives the rules for monastic life during the rainy season. This has been used in public recitation for over 1500 years (especially during Paryushana- a ten-day holy period of Jain) ever since it was chanted before King Dhruvasena of Valabhi
to comfort him on the death of his son. (E) Daśavaikālika (Part Illc). Contains topics on the monastic
life. However, the ten lectures which it contains are to be
studied beyond the prescribed hours. (F) Uttarādhya yana (Part Illc). This work (book of later
instructions) is claimed to be the last sermon of Mahavira, especially the advice of Mahavira to Gautama on nonattachment to his teacher. Also, it contains the dialogue between Keśi and Gautama on increasing the number of vows from 4 io 5 in Mahavira's time. The appended fifth vow is regarding celibacy. Avas yaka (Part IIIc). Contains most of the content of the present Pratikramaņa Sūtra (ritualised confession) still in usage which summarises Jain teaching.
