The Kalpa Sūtra (Sanskrit: कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira. Traditionally...

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...

Sutra (Sanskrit: सूत्र, romanized: sūtra, lit. 'string, thread') in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the...

his clothes. The Ācārāṅga Sūtra has a graphic description of his hardships and self-mortification. According to the Kalpa Sūtra, Mahavira spent the first...

Śvetāmbara Murtipujak monks read and recite the holy text Kalpa Sūtra during Paryushana. The Kalpa Sūtra also prescribes the conduct monks must follow during...

Jnatrdharmakathah Kalpa Sūtra Līlāvatīsāra Lokavibhaga Nālaṭiyār Neelakesi Nishitha Nivvāṇalīlāvaīkahā Prasnavyakaranani Purvas Samavayanga Sutra Acaranga Sutra Shantinatha...

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...

a Sthavirkalpi monk (as described in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the Kalpa Sūtra, and the Sthananga Sutra), and thus, white-clad. Śvetāmbaras also consider him...

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...

of the Tattvārtha Sūtra) Jaini, J. L. (1956). Tattvārthasūtram. Delhi. (English translation of the Tattvārtha Sūtra) Tattvartha Sutra with Sarvarthasiddhi...

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...

from rebirths" and "salvation"). Jain texts like Tattvartha Sūtra and Uttaradhyayana Sūtra discuss austerities in detail. Six outer and six inner practices...

use of gold. The manuscript text most frequently illustrated is the Kalpa Sūtra, containing the biographies of the Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha...

one mentioned in the Kalpa Sūtra, a canonical scripture of the Śvetāmbaras. According to the lineage mentioned in the Kalpa Sūtra, Sthulabhadra was, unequivocally...

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...

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...

have to be Kshatriyas. All this is mentioned in the Shvetambara text, Kalpa sutra, which is primarily a biography of the Tirthankaras.[citation needed]...

and inscriptions of the monastic lineage exactly as mentioned in the Kalpa Sūtra, an ancient Śvetāmbara text authored by Acharya Bhadrabāhu. Jainism is...

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...

The Brahma Sūtras (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मसूत्राणि), also known as the Vedanta Sūtra (Sanskrit: वेदान्त सूत्र), Shariraka Sūtra, and Bhikshu-sūtra, are a Sanskrit...

6-8th century). There is other corroborating evidence. In Ghantakrana-kalpa, Vimalachandra mentions him as a vira as well as kshetrapala (guardian deity...

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...

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...

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...

Heart Sutra is derivable from the larger Sanskrit Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, including the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in...

and sculpture. According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, King Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha.After his...

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:...

is a particularly popular day to worship the Goddess. Bhairava-Padmavati-Kalpa written by Mallisena in 12th century is tantric text to worship Padmavati...

the right understanding of the Sūtras, and possesses the virtue of patience, self-restraint, and clemency - Kalpa Sūtra Sthavirāvalī, final verse (Translated...

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:...