Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s3.121

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The word uttara in the nomenclature of Uttarajjhayana signifies three meanings (1) Last (2) Excellent and (3) Afterwards Some believe that the words contained in Uttarajjhayana are the LAST ones uttered by Mahāvīra before he attained liberation Some explain the word uttara as excellent and say that the chapters contained in Uttarajjhayana are the EXCELLENT ones ⁶ Others suggest that the word uttara occurring in Uttarajjhayana is used to convey the idea that this text was used to be read AFTER Āyāra before Dasaveyāliya was composed and AFTER Dasaveyāliya later on ⁷ Uttarajjhayana will become extinct after the death of Pūsa(4) i. e after 20500 years of Mahāvīra s emancipation ⁸