The Kalpa Sūtra (Sanskrit: कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira. Traditionally...
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associated with Vedic ritual practice. The major texts of Kalpa Vedanga are called Kalpa Sutras in Hinduism. The scope of these texts includes Vedic rituals...
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Sutra (Sanskrit: सूत्र, romanized: sūtra, lit. 'string, thread') in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the...
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his clothes. The Ācārāṅga Sūtra has a graphic description of his hardships and self-mortification. According to the Kalpa Sūtra, Mahavira spent the first...
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Śvetāmbara Murtipujak monks read and recite the holy text Kalpa Sūtra during Paryushana. The Kalpa Sūtra also prescribes the conduct monks must follow during...
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Jain literature (redirect from Nava Tatva Sutra)
Jnatrdharmakathah Kalpa Sūtra Līlāvatīsāra Lokavibhaga Nālaṭiyār Neelakesi Nishitha Nivvāṇalīlāvaīkahā Prasnavyakaranani Purvas Samavayanga Sutra Acaranga Sutra Shantinatha...
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be derived from the original Ācārāṅga Sūtra and discusses the conduct of a Digambara monk. The Ācārāṅga Sūtra is the oldest agama, from a linguistic...
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a Sthavirkalpi monk (as described in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the Kalpa Sūtra, and the Sthananga Sutra), and thus, white-clad. Śvetāmbaras also consider him...
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Neminatha is depicted as blowing Krishna's mighty conch is given in Kalpa Sūtra. Rajul's love for Neminatha is described in the Rajal-Barahmasa (an early...
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of the Tattvārtha Sūtra) Jaini, J. L. (1956). Tattvārthasūtram. Delhi. (English translation of the Tattvārtha Sūtra) Tattvartha Sutra with Sarvarthasiddhi...
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the Kalpa Sūtra the first known text. or depth, and the brief descriptions of the tirthankaras are largely modelled on Mahavira. The Kalpa Sūtra is the...
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from rebirths" and "salvation"). Jain texts like Tattvartha Sūtra and Uttaradhyayana Sūtra discuss austerities in detail. Six outer and six inner practices...
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use of gold. The manuscript text most frequently illustrated is the Kalpa Sūtra, containing the biographies of the Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha...
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one mentioned in the Kalpa Sūtra, a canonical scripture of the Śvetāmbaras. According to the lineage mentioned in the Kalpa Sūtra, Sthulabhadra was, unequivocally...
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female mendicants and disciples. His religious order is mentioned in Kalpa Sutra to have consisted of 84,000 sadhus (male monks) and 3,000,000 sadhvis...
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Discourses of Kalpa Sutra are given by monks. Kalpa Sutra describes life of Mahavira and other Tirthankaras. On the third day, procession of Kalpa Sutra is carried...
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have to be Kshatriyas. All this is mentioned in the Shvetambara text, Kalpa sutra, which is primarily a biography of the Tirthankaras.[citation needed]...
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and inscriptions of the monastic lineage exactly as mentioned in the Kalpa Sūtra, an ancient Śvetāmbara text authored by Acharya Bhadrabāhu. Jainism is...
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ignoring bodily wants in order to abandon the body. The Jain text of Kalpa Sūtra describes Mahavira's asceticism in detail, whose life is a source of...
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The Brahma Sūtras (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मसूत्राणि), also known as the Vedanta Sūtra (Sanskrit: वेदान्त सूत्र), Shariraka Sūtra, and Bhikshu-sūtra, are a Sanskrit...
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6-8th century). There is other corroborating evidence. In Ghantakrana-kalpa, Vimalachandra mentions him as a vira as well as kshetrapala (guardian deity...
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The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and...
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Vaimānika deities dwell in the Ūrdhva Loka heavens. According to the Kalpa Sūtra of Bhadra-bāhu, the 24th tīrthaṃkara Mahā-vīra himself emerged from the...
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all-knowing and provides details of his other qualities. Another text, the Kalpa Sūtra, gives details of Mahavira's omniscience When the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira...
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Heart Sutra is derivable from the larger Sanskrit Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, including the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in...
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and sculpture. According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, King Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha.After his...
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Retrieved 1 April 2015. Jacobi, Hermann (1884). F. Max Müller (ed.). The Kalpa Sūtra (Translated from Prakrit). Sacred Books of the East vol.22, Part 1. Oxford:...
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is a particularly popular day to worship the Goddess. Bhairava-Padmavati-Kalpa written by Mallisena in 12th century is tantric text to worship Padmavati...
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the right understanding of the Sūtras, and possesses the virtue of patience, self-restraint, and clemency - Kalpa Sūtra Sthavirāvalī, final verse (Translated...
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A kalpa is a long period of time (aeon) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, generally between the creation and recreation of a world or universe. Kalpa (Sanskrit:...
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