A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.246

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¹ As stated in *Samavāya* (s. 46), *Diṭṭhivāya* has 46 *Māuyāpayas*. Each of the 14 varieties of *Parikamma* has only one *Māuyāpaya* (vide p. 83). So it follows that some other section or sections of *Diṭṭhivāya* must have *Māuyāpayas*. Abhayadeva Sūri in his com. (p. 69ᵇ) on *Samavāya* (s. 46) makes a tentative suggestion in this connection as under:— “‘दिठ्ठिवायस्स’ त्ति द्वादशाङ्गस्य ‘माउयापय’ त्ति सकलवाङ्मयस्य अकारादिमातृकापदानीव दिट्ठिवाएथे-प्रसवनिबन्धनत्वेन मातृकापदानि उत्पादविगमध्रौव्यलक्षणानि, तानि च सिद्धश्रेणि-महत्प्यश्रेण्यादिना विषयभेदेन कथमपि भिद्यमानानि षट्चत्वारिंशद् भवन्तीति सम्भाव्यन्ते।”