Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.36

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3 Amga A group of canonical texts eleven in number and other than Diṭṭhivāya and Painnaga ² According to one view Diṭṭhivāya is the source of all the Amga texts³ and therefore Diṭṭhivāya or so to say Puvvagaya is composed first and then all the eleven Amga texts by the Gaṇadharas According to the other view Diṭṭhivāya is included in the Amga texts and thus their number is twelve and they are composed by the Gaṇadhara in the following order — 1 Ayāra 2 Suyagaḍa 3 Thāṇa 4 Samavāya 5 Viyāhapannatti 6 Nāyadhammakahā 7 Uvāsagadasā 8 Amṭagaḍadasā 9 Aṇuttarovavāiyadasā 10 Paṇhāvāgaraṇa 11 Vivāgasuya and 12 Diṭṭhivāya (not extant) ⁷ These twelve texts have been compared with the twelve limbs 1 Utt 28 23 Bh 93 K lpV p 187 2 Utt 28 23 3 Vis 553 554 BhhBh 145 146 4 See CLJ p 8 5 N Cu p 57 N M p 240 S mA pp 130 131 6 Vi 553 AcaN 8 9 AcaC p 3 N M p 240 N nH p 69 A aCu I p 8 J vM p 3 SamA pp 130 131 7 N 41 Sam 1 136 ff Vis 1688 AcaN 8 9 pp 5-6 N nCu p 57 Anu 3 AcaCu p 3 NanM pp 208 9 KaipV p 248 Ca d 27 A aN (Dīpikā)p 188 of body (*śrutapuruṣa*)⁸ They are collectively also known as Amgapavittha⁹ Amgagaya¹⁰ and Duvālasaṃga Gaṇipiḍaga.¹ The first eleven texts were recollected in the Magaha country after a prolonged famine¹² The Titthogāli gives an account of gradual extinction of the Amga texts¹³