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JAINA LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
A. AGAMIKA LITERATURE
I. 11 ANGAS
THE FIRST ANGA आचाराङ्गसूत्र
Acārāngasūtra ( 31UTE)
( Ayārangasutta )
152. No.1
1871-72. Size.-- 11} in. by 48 in. Extent.—73 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 44 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper, thin, rough and grey ; Devanagari
characters with TehraS; :big, bold, beautiful and legible handwriting ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; space between the pairs coloured red; folios numbered in the right-hand margin only; the unnumbered sides marked with one small circular disc in the centre, the numbered having two more, one in each margin; folio ra decorated with a diagram in red colour ; red chalk and yellow pigment used; edges of the first folio slightly worn out; several folios wormeaten to a smaller or greater degree ; condition tolerably
fair ; complete; extent 2644 ślokas. Age.--Not later than Samvat 1713. Author.–Sudharmasvāmin, the 5th Gañadhara; for, according to the
Jaina tradition he is the author of the 11 angas available at
present. Subject.—This work written in Prakrit is divided into two śruta
skandhas, the former having 8 adhyayanas and the latter 16. Formerly there were 9 adhyayanas of the first śrutaskandha; but the 7th has been lost long ago. This work
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