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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{unreferenced|date=July 2012}}<br /> {{use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}<br /> {{use Indian English|date=February 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox religious text<br /> | religion = [[Jainism]]<br /> }}<br /> {{Jainism}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Drstivāda&#039;&#039;&#039; is a legendary lost text in the [[Jain]] religion. It is the last of the 12 [[Jain agamas|Jain āgamas]] as per [[Svetambara|Śvetámbara]] tradition, said to be promulgated by [[Mahavira|Māhavīra]] himself and composed by [[Ganadhara]] [[Sudharmaswami]]. Drstivāda, translated as “Disputation about views”, was said to contain the entire knowledge of the Fourteen [[Purvas]] or prior knowledge that is now considered to be totally lost, in part because the tradition holds that the Drstivāda itself is also completely lost. However, its contents have been referred and explained in Nandi and &#039;&#039;Samavāyānga Sūtra&#039;&#039;. <br /> <br /> ==Subject Matter of the Agama==<br /> Dristivāda was divided into five parts :-<br /> #Parikarma <br /> #Sūtra <br /> #Pūrvanayoga <br /> #Purvgata <br /> #Chūlikā<br /> <br /> Parikarma contained Jaina calculatory science and the Sutra included discussions about creeds and doctrines. Pūrvanayoga contained Puranic narratives, religious biographies as well as illustrative tales. Purvagata contained fourteen subdivisions and contained discussions about [[Jain philosophy|Jaina doctrines and principles]]. As the name suggests, [[Purvas]] contain the knowledge prior to [[Mahavira]] which was preserved only in oral form. <br /> <br /> {{Jain Agamas}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Jain texts]]<br /> [[Category:Agamas]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Jainism-book-stub}}</div>

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