• The Āvaśyaka Sūtra is one of the four Mūlasūtra texts of the Śvetāmbara scriptural canon. The Āvaśyaka Sūtra lists the six Obligatory Actions, which Jain...
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    Daśavaikālika-sūtra), this is memorized by all new Jain mendicants Uttarajjhayaṇa-sutta (Uttarādhyayana-sūtra) Āvassaya-sutta (Āvaśyaka-sūtra) Piṇḍa-nijjutti...
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    Daśavaikālika-sūtra), this is memorized by all new Jain mendicants Uttarajjhayaṇa-sutta (Uttarādhyayana-sūtra) Āvassaya-sutta (Āvaśyaka-sūtra) Piṇḍa-nijjutti...
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    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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    of the Tattvārtha Sūtra) Jaini, J. L. (1956). Tattvārthasūtram. Delhi. (English translation of the Tattvārtha Sūtra) Tattvartha Sutra with Sarvarthasiddhi...
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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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  • supervise the monks and nuns in regard to their conduct and study. The first sūtra in the Sthānānga goes as follows: sūyam me āusam tenam Bhagavayā evam akkhāyam...
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  • Samavayanga Sutra (c. 3rd-4th century BCE) is the 4th amongst the 12 Angas of the Jaina canon. The sutra is believed to have been composed by Ganadhara...
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    Uttaradhyayana or Uttaradhyayana Sutra is one of the most important sacred books of Jains. It consists of 36 chapters, each of which deals with aspects...
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    like the Uttarādhyayana-sūtra and the Āvaśyaka-sūtra are also important sources for early Jain meditation. The Uttarādhyayana-sūtra "offers a systematic...
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    travelled with him for the next six years.: 40  A commentary to the Jain Avasyaka Sutra provides details of these six years of association, many of them reflecting...
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  • व्याख्याप्रज्ञप्ति "Exposition of Explanations"), commonly known as the Bhagavati Sūtra (भगवतीसूत्र), is the fifth of the 12 Jain Angas said to be promulgated by...
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  • these have been less studied than those of the Hindu tradition. The Avasyaka sutra of Jains includes, among ethical duties for the devotee, the recitation...
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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 most...
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  • Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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    Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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  • Calcutta. Verse IX, pp. 55–76. Jacobi, Hermann (1884). Ācāranga Sūtra, Jain Sutras Part I, Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 22. Roy, Ashim Kumar (1984)...
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  • Digambara Acharanga. It is said to be derived from the original Ācārāṅga Sūtra and discusses the conduct of a Digambara monk. The text is written in a...
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    Qvarnström in 2002. Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya Jain literature Tattvartha sutra Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Hemacandra. Yogaśāstra, ed. Muni Jambūvijaya, 3 vols...
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  • should avoid the company of women. 4.12 Jacobi, Hermann (1895). The Jaina Sutras, Part II. Sūtrakṛtāṅgasūtram, in Muni Jambūvijaya (ed.), Ācārāṅgasūtram...
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  • its contents have been referred and explained in Nandi and Samavāyānga Sūtra.[citation needed] The Dristivāda was divided into five parts, according...
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  • Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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    Digambara and the Śvētāmbara. The Kalpa Sūtra describes Mahavira's asceticism in detail; from it and from the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, most of the Śvetāmbara ascetic practices...
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    Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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  • The Niśītha Sūtra (Prakrit:Nisīha Sutta) is a Jaina Śvetāmbara canonical text in Prakrit. This text is one of the six Chedasūtras. The text consists of...
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  • Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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    Prolegomena to Prakritica et Jainica. p. 151. Vijay K. Jain (2018). Tattvartha Sutra. Indian Journal of the History of Medicine. 1956. p. 25. S.A. Jain 1992...
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    Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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    writing in Sutra form by his pupils. Puṣpadanta composed the first 177 Sutras and his colleague Bhūtabali wrote the rest, the total being 6000 Sutras. Achrya...
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  • Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā...
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