The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.6

c10.6

The canonical sources for what concerns monastic life are, in the first place, the Cheya- and Mūlasuttas along with Āyār. II and a number of scattered notes in Ṭhāṇ. and Viy., whereas for all question concerning laymanship the Uvās. are the main text. The late Mahānisīha holds a special position, and as to its deviations we can refer to them in a few cases only. It may suffice to refer to the AUTHOR's treatise on this work (§ 52). Rather young Dig. texts which for us take the place of the Cheyasutta or, more precisely, that of the Jiyakappa, are the Chedapiṇḍa (Cheyapiṇḍa, Chp.) of Indranandin, allegedly the 4th section of the Indranandisaṃhitā, and the anonymous Chedāṇaudi (Chṇ.), called Chedaśāstra in print In the following some few details will be pointed out to.