A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.113

c8.113

The 22 Suttas are chinnacchedanayika for svasamayikas whereas they are acchinnacchedanayikas for the Ājīvagas. Further, they are trikanayikas for the Terāsiyas, while they are catuṣkanayikas for svasamayikas. According to the chinnacchedanaya, all the sūtras of the Āgamas are independent of one another i. e. to say the preceding one has nothing to do with the subsequent one or ones nor has the subsequent one anything to do with the preceding one or ones. Reverse is the case according to the acchinnacchedanaya which believes that the preceding and following sūtras are inter-connected i. e. to say they are not independent of one another.