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5. The topics delt in Taccaviyāro, are very important in Jaina Ethics and elaborately discribed in ancient Prakrit, Sanskrit Apabhramsa texts. A close study of Taccaviyāro reveals that Vasunandi has chosen some important topics and presented a handy manual of law for a house holder, under a new title.
6. It is not very difficult for a penerating student of ancient Jaina literature to find many of the verses common in Taccaviyāro and other works. About 100 verses are common with Vasupandi's another Prakrit work uvāsaya j jhayana papularly known as Vasunandi-Sravakācāra. Some verses are common in the Kattigeyāņuvekkha of Svāmi Kārtikeya and Bhāva-Samgaha of Devasena. Some verses are also common in Jivada yāprakaraṇa, Srāvaka-pratikramaņa and other works.
7. It is quite consistant to prepare such a small collection on some highly important topics to fulfil the need of the time and society. It is a part of the duties of a monk to educate the society, and to provide guidelines for the spritual and social development of the members of the society. Not Vesunandi alone, but other enlightened Ācāryas also prepared such collections, and in other words they did their humble duty as a Uva j jhāya Paramesthi the teacher-monk.
8. In this connection my attention is once again drawn to the fact that many verses and prose portions are commonly found in Ardhamāgadbi and Sauraseni Prakrit Agamas. The tradition continued in later sanskrit literature too. Dialectical and some other changes are natural. A study of such common heritage may explore a new vista in Prakrit studies in general and Jainological Studies in perticular. To may mind, such passages belong to ancient main stream of the Tradition being preserved by words of mouth through precepter to pupil.
9. Taccaviyāro is also importent for inter desciplinary studies. For instance the topices delt in the text are common in Pali literature dealing with vinaya. A comparative and critical study will prove to be very useful for furtherance study of two living Śramaņa traditions.
10. It is also a matter of serious consideration that now a days no study is taken as complete in isolation. It should be undertaken in relation to the other related subjects of humanities and social sciences. In this connection the attention of scholars should be drawn to the fect that the
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