Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Chapter 10
In that period, at the time, there was a city named Campā.
The material of Chapter One is to be re-stated, difference being, use the word Candramā (the moon)41.
Chapter Ten ends.
Book Five ends.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
41. Worthy of note is that Chapter One of this Śataka started by mentioning the sun; Chapter Ten ends with reference to the moon.