A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.42

c8.42

In my humble opinion, *Diṭṭhivāya* got lost as its major portion *Puvvagaya* was extremely difficult to be remembered and studied in view of its *gamas*³ and *bhaṅgas*⁴, the latter requiring a great deal of the mathematical ability to grasp them. In short, this 12th *Aṅga* was a hard nut to crack.