Literature of Jain Philosophy and Agamas. Brief introduction Jain Agamas: One who establishes a ‘Tirtha’ is ‘Tirthankaras’. Tirtha also means first ‘Gandhara’. jEn; a;g;m;;e• • • • • • Sv;et;;]b;r m;Ut;I*p;Ujk – s;v;* m;;ny;. âå p;Uv;* an;e â a. Agamas are texts of Digambara Jainism based on the discourses of the tirthankara. . Translations into modern languages such as English, Hindi and Gujarati.
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Part of a series on. If you desire to find in the same grangha work practical, critical and intellectual discussions and expositions of all the Jain Siddhantas theoriesyou can find them in Shri Taatvarthadhigama Sutra or Shri Tatvartha Sutra. Retrieved from ” https: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
These works contain a detailed description and analysis of the various philosophical doctrines, discussions knowledge of doctrines, and theories. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Languages of Jain literature. Jain texts Indian poetics Religious poetry. Fourteen Purvas The Prior Knowledge — considered totally lost.
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There are discussions of these things. The originals are all lost, and the extant versions were written in the 1st millennium CE. For other uses, see Agama disambiguation. Digambara monk Aryika Kshullak Pattavali Acharya. The Shruta-Jnana is contained in twelve Angas lit. Retrieved from ” https: This grantha divided into 10 jakn contains about aphorisms. These include, among other things, the rules of conduct for ascetics and the laypeople, gjjarati well as the Jain theory of soul, matter and other substances.
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Ethics of Jainism Sallekhana. These scriptures are said to have contained the most comprehensive and accurate description of every branch of learning that one needs to know. A council was formed at Pataliputra where eleven scriptures called Angas were compiled and the remnant of fourteen purvas were written down in 12th Anga, Ditthivaya by the adherents of Sthulbhadra.
Mainly, there are forty five Jain Agamas philosophical works which are regarded as the most ancient and authoritative works, Not only the entire Jain Agam literature but the whole of the Jain literature has been classified into the four categories mentioned below. In this agamm work, we get not only a profound and incisive analysis of the philosophical doctrines of Jainism but also simple, easy explanations, with commentaries, of the principles of practical life and the spiritual endeavours for everyday agaj.
In or CE that the Vallabhi council of the Svetambara Jain monks recompiled the Agamas and recorded them as written manuscripts under the leadership of Acharya Shraman Devardhigani along with other Jain scholars.
However, with time, it became difficult to keep the entire Jain literature committed to memory. This was about years after the nirvana of Mahavira. This article is about Jain scriptures.
Jain Agamas
This concise and comprehensive work written by Sri Bhagwan Umaswati born 3rd century of the Vikram Era in Samskrit, in the form of Sutras or aphorisms, has been accepted and esteemed equally by all the Jain schools of thought. Digambaras group texts into four literary categories called ‘exposition’ anuyoga. This page was last edited on 7 Decemberat Views Read Edit View history.
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Ethics Ethics of Jainism Sallekhana. State University of New York Press.
Jain Agamas (Digambara)
The Jain literature includes both religious texts and books on generally secular topics such gujartai sciences, history, and grammar. Agamas were lost during the same famine that the purvas were lost in. These works contain information about mathematics, geography, astronomy, astrology etc.
While some authors date the composition of Jain Agamas starting from the 6th century BCE, [6] noted Indologist Hermann Jacobi holds that the composition of the Jaina siddhanta would fall somewhere about the end of the 4th or the beginning of the 3rd century BC.
These works comprise a lot of information about the principles of conduct and observance, the method of living, and the way of life in this world.
Predicting a 12 year long famine, Bhadrabahu went south to Karnataka with his adherents [10] and Sthulabhadraanother Jain monk remained behind. Buddhism Hinduism Islam Sikhism Non-creationism. During this time the knowledge of the doctrine was getting lost. This page was last edited on 11 Julyat Agamas are texts of Jainism based on the discourses of the tirthankara.
Views Read Edit View history. Digambaras reject the authority of the Agamas compiled at Valabhi. A discussion relating to Dharma dhyan a contemplation of Dharma.