Chedasūtra · 6 texts · 2 not in the thirty-two
The 6 chedasūtras छेदसूत्र
Six books of monastic discipline and its repair — cheda, cutting, is the penalty of cut seniority.
Six books of monastic discipline and its repair — cheda, cutting, is the penalty of cut seniority: Ācāradaśā · the Kalpasūtra, Bṛhatkalpa, Vyavahāra, Niśītha, Jītakalpa, Mahāniśītha. The Ācāradaśā's eighth chapter is the Kalpasūtra , read every Paryuṣaṇa.
The Sthānakavāsī thirty-two keep four and leave Jītakalpa and Mahāniśītha aside.
18,000 Ācārāṅga 36,000 Sūtrakṛtāṅga 72,000 Sthānāṅga 1,44,000 Samavāyāṅga 2,88,000 Vyākhyāprajñapti 5,76,000 Jñātādharmakathāḥ 11,52,000 Upāsakadaśāḥ 23,04,000 Antakṛddaśāḥ 46,08,000 Anuttaropapātikadaśāḥ 92,16,000 Praśnavyākaraṇa 1,84,32,000 Vipākaśruta lost Dṛṣṭivāda the twelve aṅgas · padas, each double the last · log scale the sūtras say “numerable thousands”; the series is the commentators' 1 Utpāda 2 Agrāyaṇīya 4 Vīryapravāda 8 Astināstipravāda 16 Jñānapravāda 32 Satyapravāda 64 Ātmapravāda 128 Karmapravāda 256 Pratyākhyānapravāda 512 Vidyānupravāda 1,024 Avandhya 2,048 Prāṇāvāya 4,096 Kriyāviśāla 8,192 Lokabindusāra inside the twelfth: the fourteen pūrvas · elephant-loads of ink, doubling · log scale 1 to 8,192 — 16,383 in all — a reckoning of the tradition, printed as such Aṅga 12 · 11 survive Ācārāṅga Sūtrakṛtāṅga Sthānāṅga Samavāyāṅga Vyākhyāprajñapti Jñātādharmakathāḥ Upāsakadaśāḥ Antakṛddaśāḥ Anuttaropapātikadaśāḥ Praśnavyākaraṇa Vipākaśruta Dṛṣṭivāda Upāṅga 12 Aupapātika Rājapraśnīya Jīvājīvābhigama Prajñāpanā Sūryaprajñapti Jambūdvīpaprajñapti Candraprajñapti Nirayāvalikā Kalpāvataṃsikā Puṣpikā Puṣpacūlikā Vṛṣṇidaśā Chedasūtra 6 · 4 in the thirty-two Ācāradaśā · the Kalpasūtra Bṛhatkalpa Vyavahāra Niśītha Jītakalpa Mahāniśītha Mūlasūtra 4 · 3 in the thirty-two Daśavaikālika Uttarādhyayana Āvaśyaka Piṇḍaniryukti · Oghaniryukti Cūlikāsūtra 2 Nandī Anuyogadvāra Prakīrṇaka 10 · 0 in the thirty-two Catuḥśaraṇa Āturapratyākhyāna Bhaktaparijñā Saṃstāraka Taṇḍulavaicārika Candravedhyaka Devendrastava Gaṇividyā Mahāpratyākhyāna Vīrastava the forty-five, by kind not in the Sthānakavāsī thirty-two lost 0 500 1000 Pāṭaliputra · 160 Sthūlabhadra Mathurā and Valabhī · 827–840 Skandila; Nāgārjuna Valabhī · 980 or 993 Devarddhi Kṣamāśramaṇa years after Mahāvīra — tradition The canon: what survived, and what was lost the twelve aṅgas by padas — the commentators' series on the Samavāyāṅga and Nandī the fourteen pūrvas in elephant-loads of ink — a reckoning of the tradition forty-five books, or thirty-two; three councils, the last of which wrote them down 16,383 elephant-loads of ink, lost The canon: what survived, and what was lost — The 6 chedasūtras highlighted Measurements and counts Texts 6 In the forty-five all In the thirty-two 4 Left aside by the thirty-two Jītakalpa, Mahāniśītha
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