Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c15.2

c15.2

The *Anuttarovavāiyadasāo*¹ (*Anuttara-aupapātikadaśāṅga*) is the ninth *aṅga* which deals with the lives of persons who after their death were reborn as gods. They would therefrom descend to this world, attain human birth and achieve final emancipation. It treats of the *ekāvatāriṃs*, or the once-returners (Pāli *sakadāgāmins*) most of whom are the sons of king Śreṇika. The stories are mostly abbreviated. The *aṅga* consists of three *vaggas* or divisions; the first containing ten lessons, the second, thirteen and the third, ten, making a total of thirty-three lessons. In Jacobi's opinion the descriptions are very tedious and they consist mostly of endless enumerations.