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.

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