Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s1.113

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**Āyāra** (Ācara) First of the twelve Amga(3) texts It is divided into two sections the first having at present eight chapters (formerly it had nine chapters) and the second sixteen The names of the nine chapters of the first section³ are -(1) Sattha pariṇṇā (2) Logavijaya (3) Siosanijja (4)Samma tta, (5) Logasāra (6) Dhua (7) Mahāpariṇṇā (8) Vimokkha and (9) Uvahāṇasuya. Of them the seventh i.e. Mahāpariṇṇā is extinct¹. Each of these nine chapters is known as Bambhacera. The second section contains five cūḷās which are also known as Ayāraggas. They are — (1) Jīvogga-hapaḍimā (2) Sattikkagā (3) Bhāvaṇā (4) Vimutti and (5) Ayārapakappa which is also known as Nisīha⁷. The first cūḷā consists of seven chapters. So is the case with the second one. The third as well as the fourth cūḷā consists of only one chapter⁸. The fifth cūḷā i.e. Nisīha has been separated from Āyāra and now it enjoys an independent existence⁹. Thus the second section has at present sixteen chapters. The second section is considered to be a later addition to the first one on the following grounds¹⁰: (1) As suggested in Ayāraṇijjutti (v 287) the Ayāraggas i.e. the five cūḷas have been composed by those who were śrutakevalins. They extracted them from the first suyakkhamdha (section) and duly elaborated. (2) The sources for the five cūḷas are definitely pointed out in Ayāraṇijjutti (vv 288-291). (3) Śīlānkasur (the commentator) points out the three mangalas the initial, the middle and the last from the first suyakkhamdha only¹ (though the second section forms its part). (4) Both the suyakkhamdha evidently differ from each other in style and in the manner in which the subject is treated¹³.