Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA
channāmam taheva niravasesam bhāņiyavvam jāva se
tam sa nuivāie bhāve."
The Bhs only once makes mention of the Ävasyaka Sutra in connection with the request of Jamāli for permission of his parents to undertake the state of houselessness.
"Khalu jāyā Niggamthe pāvayaņe sacce anuttare kevale
jahā Avassae jāva savvadukkhāṇama mtaṁ karemti."
All these evidences clearly show that the fifth Anga is closely inter-related to the other Angas and Upāngas in regard to its varied contents, such as, political, social and economic conditions, education, different systems of religion, contemporary history, Cosmology, Cosmography, Geography evolution of Jaina Philosophical Thought, Language, style, etc., as they are laid on a common plan.
Bhs, 17, 1, 594
· 16, 9, 33, 384.