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Jain literature (Sanskrit: जैन साहित्य) refers to the literature of the Jain religion. It is a vast and ancient literary tradition, which was initially transmitted orally. The oldest surviving material is contained in the canonical Jain Agamas, which are written in Ardhamagadhi, a Prakrit (Middle-Indo Aryan) language.
The Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the foremost and oldest Jain text (First book c. 5th–4th century BCE; Second book c. Late 4th–2nd century BCE), [1] is the first of the twelve Angas, part of the agamas which were compiled based on the teachings of 24th Tirthankara Mahavira.
Jain cosmology is the description of the shape and functioning of the Universe (loka) and its constituents (such as living beings, matter, space, time etc.) according to Jainism. Jain cosmology considers the universe as an uncreated entity that has existed since infinity with neither beginning nor end. [ 1 ]
Jain, Vijay K. (2018). Ācārya Umāsvāmī's Tattvārthasūtra : With Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda's Sarvārthasiddhi. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India: Vikalp Printers. ISBN 978-81-932726-2-6. Dixit, K. K. (1974). Tattvārthasūtra. Translation of Sukhlalji’s commentary in Hindi. Ahmedabad: Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of ...
Samavayanga Sutra (c. 3rd-4th century BCE) [1] is the 4th amongst the 12 Angas of the Jaina canon.The sutra is believed to have been composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami.This ancient manuscript is the holy book of the Śvetāmbara sect.
This agama describes nonviolence, Jain metaphysics, and the refutation of other religious theories such as Kriyavada, Akriyavada, Ajnanavada, and Vinayavada. Sanskrit commentary has been done by Silanka who lived in the second half of the ninth century A.D.
The Kalpa Sūtra is, for example, a Jain text that includes monastic rules, [54] as well as biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras. [55] Many sutras discuss all aspects of ascetic and lay life in Jainism. Various ancient sutras particularly from the early 1st millennium CE, for example, recommend devotional bhakti as an essential Jain practice. [9]
The A to Z of Jainism (ISBN 9780810863378)ABC of Jainism (ISBN 9788176280006)Abhinandananatha (4th Tirthankara); Abhisheka; Ācārāṅga Sūtra; Ācārāṅga Sūtra and Kalpa Sutra (ISBN 9788183291439)