Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.18

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Paiṇṇaga or Paiṇṇaya (Prakīrṇaka) Canonical texts other than eleven Aṃgas(3) and Dṭṭhivāya. All the Amgabahira text whether Avassaya or Avassayavairitta are mentioned as Paiṇṇaga Paiṇṇagajjhayaṇa or Paiṇṇa.2 Śāntisūri excludes Uvamgas from the Paiṇṇaga class.3 The number of these texts is not fixed. It varies with every Titthamkara. It is said that in every tirtha the number of Paiṇṇagas corresponds to that of the disciples of the Jina endowed with four types of knowledge. Paiṇṇagas are composed by these disciples in accordance with the teachings of the Jina.4 There were eighty four thousand Paiṇṇagas in the tirtha of Titthayara Usaha(1) numerable in those of subsequent twenty two and fourteen thousand in that of Titthayara Mahāvīra. In the current sixfold classification of the Agama there are ten Paiṇṇagas. They are as follows Causaraṇa Āura paccakkhāṇa Mahāpaccakkhāṇa Bhaṭṭapariṇṇā Tamḍulaveāliya Samthāraga Gacchāyāra Gaṇivijja Devimdatthaya and Maraṇasamāhi. This number has been fixed since the time of Bhavaprabhasūri (1772 V S) but the names of the texts differ. Bhavaprabhasūri mentions Camdāvijjhaya in place of Gacchāyāra. In the Jaina Granthāvalī three different sets of ten Paiṇṇagas are given. In the first set Virastava and Candravedhyaka replace Maraṇasamahi and Gacch yara. In the second set Aṇvakalpa Gacchācāra Maraṇasamadhi Siddhaprabhṛta Tirthodgāra (Titthogāli) Ārādhanāpatākā Dvipasāgaraprajñapti Jyotiṣarandaka Amgavidyā and Tithi prakīrṇaka find mention and in the third set all the ten names are different viz Piṃḍa visuddhi Saravali Paryantaradhana Jivavibhaktı Kavacaprakarana Yoni prābhṛta Angaculiya Vṛddhacatuḥsarana and Jambupayanno.6