Mahāvīra
Bhagavatī Sūtra (Vyākhyāprajñapti)
Later compilation
Bhagavatī Sūtra (Vyākhyāprajñapti)
वियाहपण्णत्ति (Viyāhapaṇṇatti) / व्याख्याप्रज्ञप्ति (Vyākhyāprajñapti), llamada Bhagavatī
The fifth and longest Aṅga, in 41 books: thousands of questions put by Indrabhūti Gautama and others to Mahāvīra on the soul, karma, cosmology, death and rebirth, with his answers. Book 15 narrates the break with Gośāla, head of the Ājīvikas, and is a main source for the history of that school. It is the text that most directly presents Mahāvīra as a teacher in dialogue.
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Authorship note
Canonical compilation: according to the Śvetāmbara tradition it transmits Mahāvīra's teaching as recited by his disciple Sudharman to Jambū; it was written down at Valabhī (c. 453/466 CE) and contains strata of very different periods. Mahāvīra did not write it. The Digambaras regard the original Aṅgas as lost.
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- Sūryaprajñapti (Exposition on the Sun)
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- Daśāśrutaskandha (The Ten Chapters)
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- Vyavahāra (Procedure)
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Sources
- Basham, A. L. History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion. Londres: Luzac, 1951.
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