A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c3.11

c3.11

V1 Two groups of the canonical literature, origin of exegesis, extinction of the exposition co-eval with Lord Mahāvīra, occasional admixture of the verses of *Bhāsa* with those of the *Nijjutti* and the impossibility of separating them, definitions of *Nijjutti* and *Bhāsa*, a tabular representation of the 4 redactions of *Avassayanijjutti*, 2 sections of Samaiyanijjutti and 9 sub-sections of the 1st thereof, 5 sub-sections of Padikkamanaijjutti, contents of Pahiṇā etc., the subject-matter of Dasaveyāliyanijjutti and those of other available Nijjuttis, the question of the identity of Pañcalappa with Pañcalappanijjutti, 6 sub-sections of the 7th section of Mūlāyāra, the order of the 10 Nijjuttis, explanation of the word Nijjutti, the main constituents of Nijjutti and its three-fold nature, distinguishing features of Bhāsa and Cuṇṇi, Bhāsas of 11 Āgamas, a bird's-eye-view of Visesa and other Bhāsas, Cuṇṇis of 20 Āgamas, contents of Nisīsahacuṇṇi, date of Nandicuṇṇi, contents etc. of Cuṇṇis on Aṇuogaddāra, Avassaya, Uttarajjhayaṇa, Kappa, Vavahāra, Dasasuya-khandha and Jiyakappa. Bhāsas and Cuṇṇis on some of the non-canonical works, the Saṃskṛta commentaries on Āgamas and their dates, a tentative list of the extinct commentaries, synonyms of tīkā, super-commentaries, date of Koṭyācārya and the question of his identity with Śīlāṅka, date of the tīkās, ṭabā and its synonyms, Gujarātī commentaries of Āgamas, loss of 3 anuyogas pertaining to scriptures, and Saṅgahaṇī.