Mahāvīra
The Śvetāmbara canon (the Āgamas)
Later compilation
The Śvetāmbara canon (the Āgamas)
आगम (Āgama) / सिद्धान्त (Siddhānta)
The body of Jain scriptures in Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit which, according to the Śvetāmbaras, transmits Mahāvīra's teaching. The Mūrtipūjakas recognise 45 texts —11 Aṅgas, 12 Upāṅgas, 6 Chedasūtras, 4 Mūlasūtras, 2 Cūlikāsūtras and 10 Prakīrṇakas—; the Sthānakavāsīs and Terāpanthīs, 32. It was written down at Valabhī around 453 or 466. The Digambaras do not accept it and regard the original canon as lost. Each of its texts has its own entry in this record.
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Authorship note
A collective compilation transmitted orally and written down centuries after Mahāvīra, who wrote nothing. Scholars distinguish ancient texts (parts of the Ācārāṅga and the Sūtrakṛtāṅga) from additions reaching down to the Valabhī redaction.
Editions and translations
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English
Mahāvīra
Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East 22 y 45)
The Conscious LibraryJaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East 22 y 45)
Clarendon Press, 1884
Translation: Hermann Jacobi
Vol. 22 (1884) y 45 (1895); dominio público. Dover (reimpresión de SBE 22 y 45 en dos tomos): ISBN 9780486211565 (I) y 9780486211572 (II).
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Mahāvīra
Jaina-Āgama-Series (ediciones críticas del canon)
The Conscious LibraryJaina-Āgama-Series (ediciones críticas del canon)
Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, Bombay, 1968
Translation: Muni Puṇyavijaya y otros (edición)
Serie publicada desde 1968
Other works by Mahāvīra
- Ācārāṅga (The Book of Conduct)
- Sūtrakṛtāṅga (The Book of Doctrines)
- Sthānāṅga (The Stations)
- Samavāyāṅga (The Groupings)
- Bhagavatī Sūtra (Vyākhyāprajñapti)
- Jñātādharmakathā (Parables and Stories of the Doctrine)
- Upāsakadaśā (The Ten Lay Followers)
- Antakṛddaśā (Those Who Made an End)
- Anuttaraupapātikadaśā (Those Reborn in the Highest Heavens)
- Praśnavyākaraṇa (Explanation of Questions)
- Vipākaśruta (The Ripening of Deeds)
- Dṛṣṭivāda (The Exposition of Views, lost)
- The fourteen Pūrvas (lost)
- Aupapātika (On Rebirths)
- Rājapraśnīya (The King's Questions)
- Jīvājīvābhigama (Understanding the Living and the Non-living)
- Prajñāpanā (The Exposition)
- Sūryaprajñapti (Exposition on the Sun)
- Jambūdvīpaprajñapti (Exposition on Jambūdvīpa)
- Candraprajñapti (Exposition on the Moon)
- Nirayāvalikā (The Series of Hells)
- Kalpāvataṃsikā (The Ornaments of the Heavens)
- Puṣpikā (The Flowers)
- Puṣpacūlikā (The Flower Crests)
- Vṛṣṇidaśā (The Ten Vṛṣṇis)
- Kalpasūtra (Lives of the Jinas)
- Daśāśrutaskandha (The Ten Chapters)
- Bṛhatkalpa (The Great Code)
- Vyavahāra (Procedure)
- Niśītha (The Penances)
- Mahāniśītha (The Great Code of Penances)
- Jītakalpa (The Customary Code)
- Uttarādhyayana (The Last Lectures)
- Daśavaikālika (The Ten Evening Lectures)
- Āvaśyaka (The Obligatory Duties)
- Piṇḍaniryukti (On Alms)
- Nandīsūtra (The Auspicious Sūtra)
- Anuyogadvāra (The Doors of Exegesis)
- Catuḥśaraṇa (The Four Refuges)
- Āturapratyākhyāna (The Renunciation of the Sick)
- Mahāpratyākhyāna (The Great Renunciation)
- Bhaktaparijñā (The Renunciation of Food)
- Taṇḍulavaicārika (Reflection on the Grains of Rice)
- Saṃstāraka (The Straw Bed)
- Gacchācāra (Conduct in the Group)
- Gaṇividyā (The Science of the Group Leader)
- Devendrastava (Hymn of the Kings of the Gods)
- Maraṇasamādhi (Death in Concentration)
- Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (The Scripture in Six Parts)
- Kasāyapāhuḍa (Treatise on the Passions)
Sources
- Dundas, Paul. The Jains. 2.ª ed. Londres / Nueva York: Routledge, 2002 (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices). ISBN 9780415266055.
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