A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.189

v2.c20.s2.189

As the fourth Mūla-Sūtra the Piṃḍa-Nijjutti² is usually mentioned, sometimes also the Oha-Nijjutti,³ and occasionally the Pakkhi.⁴ The Piṃḍa-Nijjutti and the Oha-Nijjutti are ascribed to Bhadrabāhu, and are sometimes counted among the Cheda-Sūtras. They treat of the pious life, and of subjects of discipline. The Pakkhi or the Pākṣika-Sūtra is a liturgy in verse for the Pakkhi-Paḍikamaṇaṃ (Pakṣi-Pratikramaṇa), *i.e.*, the fourteen days' confession.⁵ The confession of the "five great vows" (mahāvrata), with which the work begins, also includes the worship of the "patient ascetics" (khamāsamaṇa), who are accounted the authors of the "sacred scriptures which stand outside the Aṅgas" (aṅgabāhiram), and of the twelve Aṅgas, which gives rise to a solemn enumeration of all the sacred writings (suttakittanam).¹