A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.104
A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.104
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v2.c20.s2.104
The tenth Aṅga, the Paṇhā-Vāgaraṇāiṃ, "Questions and Explanations,¹ treats in ten "Gates" (dāra) firstly of the five "great vows" (not to hurt any living being, not to lie, not to steal, not to be unchaste, not to be attached to possessions), and then of the five virtues corresponding to these. It is a purely dogmatic presentation, which does not correspond either to the title of the work or to the table of contents in the Ṭhāṇaṃga 10 and in the Nandī. Thus a later work took the place of the old Aṅga which had got lost.²