Contents
The Agamas were composed of the following forty-five texts:
- Twelve Angās
- Ācāranga sūtra
- Sūtrakrtanga
- Sthānānga
- Samavāyānga
- Vyākhyāprajñapti or Bhagavati sūtra
- Jnātrdhārmakathāh
- Upāsakadaśāh
- Antakrddaaśāh
- Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh
- Praśnavyākaranani
- Vipākaśruta
- Drstivāda (now extinct)
- Twelve Upanga āgamas (Texts that provide further explanation of Angās)
- Aupapātika
- Rājapraśnīya
- Jīvājīvābhigama
- Prajñāpana
- Sūryaprajñapti
- Jambūdvīpaprajñapt
- Candraprajñapti
- Nirayārvalī
- Kalpāvatamsikāh
- Puspikāh
- Puspacūlikāh
- Vrasnidaśāh
- Six Chedasūtras (Texts relating to the conduct and behaviour of monks and nuns)
- Ācāradaśāh
- Brhatkalpa
- Vyavahāra
- Niśītha
- Mahāniśītha
- Jītakalpa
- Four Mūlasūtras (Scriptures which provide a base in the earlier stages of the monkhood)
- Daśavaikālika
- Uttarādhyayana
- Āvaśyaka
- Pindaniryukyti
- Ten Prakīrnaka sūtras (Texts on Independent or miscellaneous subjects)
- Catuhśarana
- Āturapratyākhyanā
- Bhaktaparijñā
- Samstāraka
- Tandulavaicarika
- Candravedhyāka
- Devendrastava
- Ganividyā
- Mahāpratyākhyanā
- Vīrastava
- Two Cūlikasūtras (The scriptures which further enhance or decorate the meaning of Angas)
- Nandī-sūtra
- Anuyogadvāra-sūtra
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