The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s2.16

c7.s2.16

§48. Uvangas 4-7. 4. *Pannavaṇā*, frequently with the addition of *bhagavaī* as found with several Angas. A systematic treatise in the common shape of question and reply, based upon the preparatory work of Ajja Sāma¹ as indicated by Gāhās 3 and 4 (out of 9 preceding the text). There we learn that Ajja Sāma was the 23rd *dhīra-purisa* in the *vāyaga-vaṃsa*, and in Gāhā 5 we are told that the text applied for teaching is qualified as *Diṭṭhivāya-nisaṇḍa*. The subject-matter is divided among 36 *payas*.