Sthananga Sutra
- Sthānāṅgasūtram is an āgama in Prakrit that defines and catalogues the main substances of Jain metaphysics.
- The work is divided into ten chapters, each enumerating certain topics according to their numbers.
- The Sthānāṅgasūtram serves as a huge anthology to all branches of Jaina knowledge.
- The work is considered as a memory aid for an ācārya and a guideline for his lessons.
- The Sthānāṅgasūtram lists the topics which made up the mathematics studied from the time of 2nd century BCE onwards.
- The topics are listed in ten numbers, including theory of numbers, arithmetical operations, geometry, and operations with fractions.
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