A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c5.76

c5.76

of the *Jaina* scriptures. Furthermore, he must be aware of the fact that it is possible to say that *kathānuyoga* is more beneficial and more appealing than *dravyānuyoga* so far as laymen are concerned. So it is not unnatural if one assigns to *Aṇuoga*, a place prior to *Puvvagaya*, on the ground that *Aṇuoga* is mostly, if not entirely, associated with *dharmakathānuyoga* (probably of a higher type), and *Puvvagaya*, with *dravyānuyoga*¹, which is, in a way, subordinate to *kathānuyoga*. Similarly one who may be attaching the greatest importance to *dravyānuyoga* in preference to any of the rest of the *anuyogas*, may very well turn the tables against *Aṇuoga* and assign to it a place next to *Puvvagaya*, and not ahead of it.