- The
Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the
foremost and
oldest Jain text (First book c. 5th–4th
century BCE;
Second book c. Late 4th–2nd
century BCE), is the
first of the...
- texts, the Sutrakritanga,
composed after the 2nd
century BCE, and the
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
which may have
originated as an oral
tradition after Mahavira's...
- the
environment (see
Ahimsa in Jainism). The
oldest canonical Jain text,
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
condemns violence towards such beings.
Various types of ekendriya...
- name was Siddhartha.
According to the
second chapter of the Śvētāmbara
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
Siddhartha and his
family were
devotees of Parshvanatha. Mahavira...
- Śvetāmbara
canonical scriptures are the
oldest of all Jain literature. The
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
Uttaradhyayana Sutra, and the
Sthananga Sutra of the Śvetāmbara...
- wear
simple outer garments. Śvētāmbara texts, such as
section 2.15 of the
Ācārāṅga Sūtra, say that Mahavira's
parents were
followers of
Parshvanatha (linking...
-
inflicting upon
others what is
harmful to oneself. The
following line from the
Acaranga Sutra sums up the
philosophy of Jainism:
Nothing which breathes, which...
- they are
described in
detail in the
Tattvartha Sutra (Chapter 7) and the
Acaranga Sutra (Book 2,
Lecture 15).
According to
Acharya Samantabhadra’s Ratnakaraņdaka...
-
father was Siddhartha..According to the
second chapter of the Śvētāmbara
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
Siddhartha and his
family were
devotees of Parshvanatha. Mahāprajña...
-
paintings and sculpture.
According to the
second chapter of the Śvētāmbara
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
Siddhartha and his
family were
devotees of Parshvanatha.After his...
