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Prakīrṇaka · 10 texts · 10 not in the thirty-two

The 10 prakīrṇakas

प्रकीर्णक

Ten miscellanies, short texts on the final fast and the peaceful ending, on confession, on praise.

Ten miscellanies, short texts on the final fast and the peaceful ending, on confession, on praise: Catuḥśaraṇa, Āturapratyākhyāna, Bhaktaparijñā, Saṃstāraka, Taṇḍulavaicārika, Candravedhyaka, Devendrastava, Gaṇividyā, Mahāpratyākhyāna, Vīrastava. More than ten were written; ten are counted.

None of them stands in the Sthānakavāsī thirty-two, which is where most of the difference between the two counts lies.

18,000Ācārāṅga36,000Sūtrakṛtāṅga72,000Sthānāṅga1,44,000Samavāyāṅga2,88,000Vyākhyāprajñapti5,76,000Jñātādharmakathāḥ11,52,000Upāsakadaśāḥ23,04,000Antakṛddaśāḥ46,08,000Anuttaropapātikadaśāḥ92,16,000Praśnavyākaraṇa1,84,32,000VipākaśrutalostDṛṣṭivādathe twelve aṅgas · padas, each double the last · log scalethe sūtras say “numerable thousands”; the series is the commentators'1Utpāda2Agrāyaṇīya4Vīryapravāda8Astināstipravāda16Jñānapravāda32Satyapravāda64Ātmapravāda128Karmapravāda256Pratyākhyānapravāda512Vidyānupravāda1,024Avandhya2,048Prāṇāvāya4,096Kriyāviśāla8,192Lokabindusārainside the twelfth: the fourteen pūrvas · elephant-loads of ink, doubling · log scale1 to 8,192 - 16,383 in all - a reckoning of the tradition, printed as suchAṅga12 · 11 surviveĀcārāṅgaSūtrakṛtāṅgaSthānāṅgaSamavāyāṅgaVyākhyāprajñaptiJñātādharmakathāḥUpāsakadaśāḥAntakṛddaśāḥAnuttaropapātikadaśāḥPraśnavyākaraṇaVipākaśrutaDṛṣṭivādaUpāṅga12AupapātikaRājapraśnīyaJīvājīvābhigamaPrajñāpanāSūryaprajñaptiJambūdvīpaprajñaptiCandraprajñaptiNirayāvalikāKalpāvataṃsikāPuṣpikāPuṣpacūlikāVṛṣṇidaśāChedasūtra6 · 4 in the thirty-twoĀcāradaśā · the KalpasūtraBṛhatkalpaVyavahāraNiśīthaJītakalpaMahāniśīthaMūlasūtra4 · 3 in the thirty-twoDaśavaikālikaUttarādhyayanaĀvaśyakaPiṇḍaniryukti · OghaniryuktiCūlikāsūtra2NandīAnuyogadvāraPrakīrṇaka10 · 0 in the thirty-twoCatuḥśaraṇaĀturapratyākhyānaBhaktaparijñāSaṃstārakaTaṇḍulavaicārikaCandravedhyakaDevendrastavaGaṇividyāMahāpratyākhyānaVīrastavathe forty-five, by kindnot in the Sthānakavāsī thirty-twolost05001000Pāṭaliputra · 160SthūlabhadraMathurā and Valabhī · 827–840Skandila; NāgārjunaValabhī · 980 or 993Devarddhi Kṣamāśramaṇayears after Mahāvīra - traditionThe canon: what survived, and what was lostthe twelve aṅgas by padas - the commentators' series on the Samavāyāṅga and Nandīthe fourteen pūrvas in elephant-loads of ink - a reckoning of the traditionforty-five books, or thirty-two; three councils, the last of which wrote them down16,383elephant-loads of ink, lost
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Measurements and counts

Texts10
In the forty-fiveall
In the thirty-two0
Left aside by the thirty-twoCatuḥśaraṇa, Āturapratyākhyāna, Bhaktaparijñā, Saṃstāraka, Taṇḍulavaicārika, Candravedhyaka, Devendrastava, Gaṇividyā, Mahāpratyākhyāna, Vīrastava

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10