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    is to help one another", or "Souls render service to one another". Tattvartha Sutra is also known in Jainism as the Moksha-shastra (Scripture describing...
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    of Jaina tradition, such as the Acaranga Sutra (Agamas), exist in sutra format, as is the Tattvartha Sutra, a Sanskrit text accepted by all four Jainism...
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    about ontology of the universe and self. Umāsvāmin's comprehensive Tattvārtha-sūtra is the standard work on ontology and Pūjyapāda's (464–524 CE) Sarvārthasiddhi...
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    (telepathy) and kevala jnana (omniscience). According to the Jain text Tattvartha sūtra, the first two are indirect knowledge and the remaining three are direct...
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    Jainism. He authored the Jain text Tattvartha Sutra (literally '"All That Is", also called Tattvarthadhigama Sutra). Umaswati's work was the first Sanskrit...
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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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  • The Ācārāṅga Sūtra (First book c. 5th–4th century BCE; Second book c. Late 4th–2nd century BCE) is the first of the twelve Angas, part of the agamas (religious...
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    Jīvānām (Sanskrit: परस्परोपग्रहो जीवानाम्) is a Jain aphorism from the Tattvārtha Sūtra [5.21]. It is translated as "Souls render service to one another"....
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    nama-karma, raises a soul to the supreme status of a Tīrthaṅkara. The Tattvartha Sutra, a major Jain text, lists 16 observances that lead to the bandha (bondage)...
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    religious texts and sutras are in Sanskrit as well as vernacular languages. Some of the revered texts of Jainism including the Tattvartha sutra, Ratnakaranda...
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    "Five Vows", they are described in detail in the Tattvartha Sutra (Chapter 7) and the Acaranga Sutra (Book 2, Lecture 15). According to Acharya Samantabhadra’s...
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    asceticism before reaching enlightenment. Jain texts such as Tattvartha Sutra and Uttaradhyayana Sutra discuss ascetic austerities to great lengths and formulations...
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    Jainism vary with the text and tradition, with Tattvartha Sutra, Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Bhagavati Sutra stating: Bahya Tapas (external austerities): fasting...
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  • Nonsectarian/Nonspecific: Jina Vijaya Tattvartha Sutra GandhaHasti Mahabhashya (authoritative and oldest commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra) Four Anuyogas (the four...
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    socio-religious duty, and that which is the highest mangala (holy). The Tattvartha Sutra, a major Jain text, mentions daśa dharma (lit. 'ten dharmas') with...
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  • Uttaradhyayana and Kalpavyavahara. Śvetāmbara monk Acharya Umaswati's Tattvartha Sutra is accepted as an important text by all Jain traditions. Kundakunda's...
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  • a gap of about nearly two thousand years following composition of Tattvartha Sutra by Acharya Umasvati this was the first text to be recognized by all...
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  • According to Jainism, Ātman (soul) is eternal and never dies. According to Tattvartha Sutra which is a compendium of Jain principles, the function of matter (pudgala)...
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    mokṣamārga or the "path to liberation". According to the Sacred Jain Text, Tattvartha sutra: Owing to the absence of the cause of bondage and with the functioning...
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  • environment (see Ahimsa in Jainism). The oldest canonical Jain text, Ācārāṅga Sūtra, condemns violence towards such beings. Various types of ekendriya are listed...
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  • as one of the das dharma (ten virtues) in ancient Jain texts like Tattvartha Sutra, Sarvārthasiddhi and Puruşārthasiddhyupāya. Among the Sramanic traditions...
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    was Siddhartha.According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha.. Mahavira abandoned...
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  • by activities of mind, speech and body. According to the Jain text, Tattvartha sutra, translates S.A. Jain: yoga (activity) i.e. the action of the body...
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  • cannot progress towards liberation. According to the major Jain text Tattvartha Sutra, these are: Jiva – Souls. Ajiva – Soulless objects. Asrava – Influx...
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  • Sthananga Sutra (Sanskrit: Sthānāṅgasūtra; Prakrit: Ṭhāṇaṃgasutta) (c. 3rd-4th century BCE) forms part of the first eleven Angas of the Jaina Canon which...
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    Pravachanasara (Digambara) Agama (Śvetāmbara) Tattvartha Sutra Dravyasamgraha (Digambara) Kalpa Sūtra (Śvetāmbara) Uttaradhyayana (Śvetāmbara) Cīvaka...
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  • philosophy and metaphysics, composed a mathematical work called the Tattvārtha Sūtra. Mathematicians of ancient and early medieval India were almost all...
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    commentary by Pūjyapāda Devanandi which provides an exegesis of the Tattvartha Sutra (chapter 9), the 14 Guṇasthānas (also known as the Doctrine of the...
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    means to avoid the burden of karma. According to the major Jain text, Tattvartha sutra: Wrong belief, non-abstinence, negligence, passions, and activities...
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    Olle Qvarnström in 2002. Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya Jain literature Tattvartha sutra Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Hemacandra. Yogaśāstra, ed. Muni Jambūvijaya, 3...
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