A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c3.7

c3.7

IV An infinite no. of the Tīrthaṅkaras, loss of more than infinite dvādaśāṅgis and Paṇṇagas, oblivion of Diṭṭhivāya during the famine, approach to Bhadrabāhusvāmin, the gradual dissipation of the 14 Puvvas, mention of some of the Pūrvadharas, the complete extinction of Diṭṭhivāya in Vīra Saṃvat 1000, the Digambara view about the loss of 14 Puvvas and that of 11 Aṅgas, the Digambara list of persons conversant with 14 Puvvas, 10 Puvvas, 5 Puvvas, 11 Aṅgas and 1 Aṅga, reasons assigned for the loss of Puvvas by Professors Weber, Jacobi, Schubring, L. Alsodolf and others, Vīra Saṃvat 683, the Digambara date of the complete loss of the holy canon, extinction of Mahāpariṇṇā (i. e. Āyāra, I, 7) and its date, constituents of Āyāra, (II), loss of a major portion of the 6th Aṅga and probably that of Aṅgas 7 to 11, too, striking differences between the extant Paṇhāvāgaraṇa and one described in Nandi, a doubt about the genuineness of the available Caṇḍapaṇṇatti, restoration of Mahānisīha, extinction of several Nijjuttis, Bhāsas and Cuṇṇis on Pañcamangalasuyakkhandha and its incorporation in a Mūlasutta, loss of two vacanas of Mahānisīha and that of Paṇcahappa as well, extinction of 17 kāliya works, 14 ukkāliya ones, Uṭṭhāṇapariyāvaṇiya, Thimūṇabhāvaṇa, Dogiddhidosa and 117 adhyayanas recited by Lord Mahāvīra, 9 reasons for the unique position of Diṭṭhivāya, 7 varieties of Parihamma and their 83 sub-varieties, nayas and the 7 Parihammas, 22 Suttas and 4 view-points such as chinnacchedanaya, ucchinnacchedanaya etc., names, contents, padas and extent of the 14 Puvvas, quotations and works extracted from the Puvvas, the language and study of the Puvvas, 225 Vatthus, 84 Pāhuḍas attributed to Kundakunda, 14 Pāhuḍas of the Śvetāmbaras along with their references etc., extracts from the Aṇuoga, 34 Cūliyas, the order in which the 5 sections of Diṭṭhivāya were studied and became extinct, description of about 37 extinct works and that of 10 Dasas, untraceability of about 70 gāthās quoted from Āgamas in the extant ones, extinction of some of the Nijjuttis, the reasons for the loss of some of the ajjhayaṇas etc. and the survival of only 4 Āgamas till the end of this ara and in the end, their extinction.