India) in 300 BC, under the patronage of Mauryan king Chandragupta. The Avashyaka-churni (dated between Samvat 650 and 750=593–693 CE) describes: There...
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Dhana Nanda. According to the Jain texts such as Parishishtaparvan and Avashyaka sutra, which do not mention the name "Mahapadma" either, the Nanda king...
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of passing away of Mahavira. According to the Kathasaritsagara and the Avashyaka Kathanaka, the kingdom of Vatsa was already a part of Avanti during the...
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commentaries (churnis and tikas) on canonical texts such as Uttaradhyayana and Avashyaka Niryukti. Thomas Trautmann believes that the Jain version is older and...
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fifth day. The king later built a city and Jaina shrines on the mountain. Avashyaka-churni, a Jaina text, describes Naggai as the ruler of Purusha-pura (present-day...
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the surviving versions of two later Jaina Sutras, namely the Vishesha Avashyaka and the Kalpa Sutra. Jain legend recounts that 18 writing scripts were...
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Six Essentials – Sadh Avashyaka - Jainavenue". 14 September 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2024. "Chapter 28 – Six Essentials (Ävashyaka) – The Jainsite World's...
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and later killed the princes. The Jain tradition, as recorded in the Avashyaka Sutra and the 12th-century text Parishishta-parvan, corroborates the Greco-Roman...
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master craftsman in several Jain texts, including Vasudeva-hindi, Avashyaka-churni, Avashyaka-niryukti, Dasvaikalika Churni, Visheshavashyaka Bhashya, and...
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step, he becomes a monk. Jains follow six obligatory duties known as avashyakas: samayika (practising serenity), chaturvimshati (praising the tirthankara)...
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