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Haribhadra's Yogavinsikā, Yogaśataka, Yogabindu and Yogadrstisamuccaya, Pūyapada's Samadhi-tantra, śivārya's Bhagavati-ārādhanā and various other works related to Ārādhanā and Samādhimaraṇa comes under this category.
(v) The fifth sub-category comprises the work related to the ethics and code of conduct for the monks, nuns and householders. Though various canonical works, Tattvārtha-sūtra and its various commentaries also deal with this subject matter, but some independent works are also composed in this field. In Svetāmbara tradition Haribhadra's Sāvayapannatti, Hemacandra's Yogaśāstra, various Samācārīs and Yatidinakrtya were written under this subcategory, whereas in Digambara tradition Āsādhara's Anagāradharmāmsta and Sāgāradharmāmsta along with various Srāvakācāras have been written.
IV
Jaina narrative literature of this period is generally divided into five sub-categories, viz. (i) biographies of the 63 illustrious personalities (salākāpuruṣas) described together in one book, (ii) life-stories of these religious great personalities described independently in a work, (iii) religious tales in romantic form, (iv) semi-historical Prabandhas and (v) compilation of stories in the form of Kathākośas.
Some prominent works of the narrative literature such as Caupannamahāpurisacariyam of Śīlānka, Trişastiśalākāpurūşacaritra of Hemacandra, some semi-historical Prabandhas, Prabhāvakacarita, Prabandhacintāmaņi, ākhyāṇakamaņikośa, Prabandhakośa, etc. of this category were composed between c. 12th-14h A.D.
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In the beginning of 3rd century A.D., several independent works were composed on various secular subjects such as - Astronomy,
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