A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.33

c8.33

This finishes the discussion about the loss of the main section of *Diṭṭhivāya*. So it now remains to note the stages about the loss of its remaining four sections. But as it requires an investigation about their contents, I defer its treatment for the time being, and in the meanwhile I note the various reasons assigned by modern scholars for the loss of *Diṭṭhivāya* in general and the 14 *Puvvas* in particular.