A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.109

v2.c20.s2.109

In regard to the contents of the twelfth Aṅga, the Diṭṭhivāya ("Doctrine of the various views"), which went astray, there is nothing beyond all kinds of information given in other texts.[^1) Five divisions of the Diṭṭhivāya are distinguished: (1) Parikammam (Parikarmāṇi); these are said to be 16 "Preparations" for the right understanding of the Sūtras, after the analogy of the 16 arithmetical operations; (2) Suttāi (Sūtrāṇi), 88 (4×22) Sūtras, in which the heretical doctrines are confuted; (3) Puvvagae (Pūrvagatam), the 14 Puvvas; (4) Anuyoga, legends of the Tīrthakaras and other great men; and (5) Cūliyā (Cūlikāḥ or "Addenda."[^2) The existence of twelve Upāṅgas is additional evidence of the fact that twelve Aṅgas once existed.