A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c6.151

c6.151

(15) The 12 Uvaṅgas are not arranged according to their dates of composition; for, otherwise the 5th Uvaṅga would have been assigned a place prior to the 4th on the ground that it was commented upon by Bhadrabāhusvāmin about 200 years before Ārya Śyāma Sūri composed the 4th Uvaṅga; for, this Sūri is said to have been living in Vīra Saṃvat 376 or 386. Consequently the underlying principle adopted in fixing the order of the Uvaṅgas seems to be based upon the consideration of their associations (real or assumed) with the 12 Aṅgas viz. Āyāra etc.