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external and internal evidences show, it was neither composed by Bhadrabāhu-I nor by Bhadrabāhu-II. Āryabhadra of c. 2nd - 3rd A.D., in all probability, was the author of these Niryuktis. I have given various reasons in support of this view in my independent article published in Sāgara Jaina Vidyābhārati series (published by Pārsvanātha Vidyāpītha, Varanasi, 1994). Presently, we have only the following Niryuktis:
1. Avasyakaniryukti 2. Daśavaikalikaniryukti 3. Uttarădhyayananiryukti 4. Ācārārganiryukti 5. Sūtrakrtănganiryukti 6. Daśāśrutaskandhaniryukti 7. Kalpaniryukti and 8. Vyavahāraniryukti.
Apart from these, two more Niryuktis---Ogha and Piņda are also available, but considered to be tile part of Āvasyakaniryukti and Daśavaikālikaniryukti, respectively, they are not independent works. We also have a mention of two more Niryuktis on Sūryaprajñapti and Rşibhāșita, but they are extinct now.
Thus, more than hundred works could be considered belonging to this early period but about thirty of them are now extinct. Jaina Commentary of Āgamas 1.Agamas and their Commentaries
As mentioned earlier, except Nandisātra and present edition of Praśnavyākarana, most of the Āgamas were composed before c. 3rd A.D. but their final editing was done only in the c. 51 A.D. At the time of this final editing, interpolation of many later developed philosophical concepts and informations regarding the Jaina order crept into these works. The Nandīsūtra, composed during this period, deals with the Jaina theory of five-fold knowledge as well as contains
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