A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c10.40

c10.40

*Sāmāyārī*—This is a metrical composition of about 64 verses, and it supplies us with a ten-fold code of laws governing the life of the *Jaina* clergy. Before dealing with this section Malayagiri Sūri observes on p. 341ᵇ: “साम्प्रतमोघनियुक्तिर्वक्तव्या, सा च महत्त्वात् पृथग्-ग्रन्थान्तररूपा कृता॥ सम्प्रति दशविधसामाचारीप्रतिपादनार्थमाह।” Similaraly, while commenting upon the last verse of this section he remarks on p. 355ᵇ: “इदानीं पदविभागसामाचार्यः प्रस्तावः, सा च कल्पव्यवहाररूपा बहुविस्तरा, ततः स्वस्थानादवसेया॥”