The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (194 page)

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(‘Disputation about Views, parts only, divided into five parts,
Parikarma
(on the geography of earth and sky),
S
tra
(on false views),
Pratham
nuyoga
(on sixty-three illustrious figures), fourteen
P
rvagata
(in fourteen sections), and five
C
lik
(on magical skills)
.
Associated with the twelve a
gas, are for
vet
mbara, twelve dependent texts (
upa
gas
). Also revered are six Cedas
tras, four M
las (‘Root’) s
tras (the foundation of an ascetic life), ten Prak
r

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