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१४९ study of ancient religio-philosophical texts of various schools may prove to be of high importance in relation to sociology and anthropology.
11. Philology and linguistics have played a very important part for the study of world lauguages, literature and culture. Taccaviyaro provides a good deal of different forms of the language. The language used in Taccaviyāro, is Prakrit in general and Sauraseni in perticular with frequent uses of Ardhamagadhi. According to Pischel it may be called JainaSauraseni. Besides Prakrit some Apabhramsa verses are also found. Vasunandi has given different forms of the same word. Perhaps, he has honestly put the words, he found, making no change for uniformity.
12. Vasunandi's contribution gets more importance and weightage when we take stock of the Sauraseni Prakrit treatises dealing with savayadamma or Śravakācāra. Kundakunda narrates the Śravakācāra in six verses only (Caritta Pahuda, 21-26) where he indicats eleven steps (ṭhāna) of a Savaya, five aṇuvvayas, three gunavvayas and four sikkhavayas. After Kundakunda, in Sauraseni Kartikeya in his Kattigeyāṇuvekkha and Devasena in his Bhava-samgaho give details of Śrāvakācāra. Vasunandi's Uvāsayajjhayana is a single and the only independent work in Śauraseni Prakrit tradition, dealing exclusively with Śrāvakācāra. Taccaviyāro in the light of these facts, deserves to be taken as an important contribution to Prakrit literature in general and Sauraseni Prakrit in particular.
13. Vasunandi Sūri and his Prakrit works are important for the histary of Jaina church. Some efforts have been made to decide his date and cronology, but the entire details furnished in this connection are based on presumptions and deserve to be reconsidered. The most important factor is to consider Vasunandi and his Prakrit works in the light of Śramaṇa-Tradition. At the end of Uvasayajjhayaṇaṁ Vasunandi himself has given the following cronology :
Sirinamdi was born in the tradition of Sirikumdakumda. NayanamdiMuni was his disciple and his disciple was Ņemicandu whose blessings led Vasunandi to write the traditional scripture uvasayajjhayanaṁ. The relevent verses run like this :
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