A kind of Utkālika Śruta (a category of Āgamas (canonical works), which is allowed to be studied at all time barring the akāla prahara (i.e., the period in which the study of Āgamas is prohibited));
it contains an elaborate description of episte- mology and Āgamas (2) (canonical works).
imaṃ paṃcavihaṇāṇapariivagaṃ ṇaṃdi tti ajjhayaṇaṃ, taṃ ca sutaṃseṇa savvasutabbhaṃtarabhūtaṃ.
(Nandī Cūp. 1)