Sutrakritanga (English translation)
by Hermann Jacobi | 1895 | 52,880 words | ISBN-10: 8120801466 | ISBN-13: 9788120801462
The English translation of the Sutrakritanga, which represents the second Agama of the 12 Angas in Shevatambara Jainism. It is traditionally dated to the 4th-century BCE and consists of two parts (verse and prose) explaining various doctrinal aspects of Jainism. Alternative titles: Sūtrakṛtāṅga (सूत्रकृताङ्ग), Sūtrakṛta-aṅga (सूत्रकृत-अङ्ग), Prakr...
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Śrutaskandha (śruta-skandha): Its Sanskrit title mentioned by Śīlāṅka is Gāthāṣoḍaśaka, i.e. the book whose Sixteenth Lecture is called Gāthā. It is mentioned in the Uttarādhyayana XXXI, 13 by the name of the sixteen Gāthas; see above, p, 182.