A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.201

v2.c20.s2.201

The Digambaras of the present day have, in addition, a “secondary Canon,” which might perhaps be more correctly termed a “substitute Cannon,” and which they also describe as “the four Vedas.” This “Canon” consists of a number of important texts of later times, which are classified into four groups: (1) Prathamānuyoga, legendary works, to which belong the “Purāṇas” (Padma-, Harivaṁśa-, Triṣaṣṭilakṣaṇa-, Mahā- and Uttara-Purāṇa) which will be mentioned below; (2) Karaṇānuyoga, cosmological works: Sūrya-Prajñapti, Candra-Prajñapti and Jayadhavalā; (3) Dravyānuyoga, philosophical works of Kunda-kunda, Umāsvāti's Tattvārthādhigama-Sūtra with the commentaries and Samantabhadra's Āptamīmāṁsā with the commentaries; (4) Caraṇānuyoga, ritual works: Vaṭṭakera's Mūlācāra and Trivarṇācāra and Samantabhadra's Ratnakaraṇḍa-Śrāvakācāra.¹