Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
Samavāyāṅga states that Ācārāṅga has twenty five chapters.[1] This is the collective number of chapters of both the śrutaskandhas. First Śrutaskandha is named as Ācārāṅga and the second śrutaskandha is named as Āyāracūla. Our study basically based on the first śrutaskandha which has nine chapters.[2] Ācārāṅga is also called by the name brahmacaryādhyayana. Samavāyāṅga mentions it as Nava brahmacārya.[3] This refers to nine chapters of the first aṅga. At present, only eight chapters of Ācārāṅga are available. The names of those eight chapters are as follows:
| 1. | Satthapariṇṇā | (Comprehension and Abandonment of Weapons of Injury) |
2. | Logavijaya | (Pondering over the Nature of the World) |
3. | Sīosaṇijja | (Endurance of Cold and Hot) |
4. | Sammatta | (The Right View) |
5. | Logasāra | (The Essence in the World) |
6. | Dhuya | (Shaking off Karma through Austerity) |
7. | Vimokkha | (Liberation) |
8. | Uvāhanasuyaṃ | (Treatment of Penance) |
