The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s5.7

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§54. Uttarajjhāyā (Uttarajjhayaṇāim). 36 ajjhayaṇa. In Jiṇac. 147 we are told about 36 apuṭṭha-vāgaraṇāim, explanations given by Mahāvīra without being asked (by Goyama, etc.) to do so. Some old authors who took them for our Utt., explaining uttarajjhāyā as "last chapters" taught by the Master, were subjected to an anachronism. It rather seems that the work got its name from a group of apparently younger chapters "following" (uttara) the old ones. For, on the whole, the Utt. are an ancient chrestomathy intended for the members of the Order. It might be characterized as a mixed variety of catechisms, parables, systems composed in Triṣṭubh, śloka and, occassionally, in other old metres, among which the archaic form of the Āryā (in chapter 8, see § 45) has to be mentioned : there is some prose, too. The Subhikkhu chapter Utt. 15 has a parallel of the same name in Dasav. 10. Dogmatics and duties are exposed in the following chapters: 2. Pariśahā. 22 kinds of temptations. 16. Bambhacerasamāhiṭṭhāṇā, the 10 instructions of chastity (comp. Dasāo). 24. Samīo. The 5 samii and the 3 gutti (§ 173). 25. Sāmāyārī. 10 cases of right conduct. Daily duties. 30. Tavamagga. 6 outward and 6 inward austerities. 33. Kammapa-yaḍi. The nature of Karman, its 8 kinds, etc. 34. Lesāo. The 6 lesā. 36 Jīvājivavibhatti. The system of both the animate and inanimate world.—37. Caraṇavihi, 21 śl., may be the text referred to in the anga-bāhira list.