A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c6.153

c6.153

Cheyasutta—This word or its variant Chedasutta is a term which is to be found only in the Jaina canon; for, it seems that neither the Vaidikas nor the Bauddhas have adopted it, to denote any class of their sacred or secular works. Chedasūtra is its Saṃskṛta equivalent. It does not seem to have been defined anywhere. So its meaning has become more or less a matter of conjecture. Prof.