Upangas

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Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.

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Upangas canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain scripture collection
secondary Jain scriptures
associatedWithSect Svetambara
surface form: Śvetāmbara
canonicalStatus acceptedInŚvetāmbaraCanon
cosmologicalContent descriptionOfJambudvipa
descriptionOfSunAndMoon
descriptionOfcelestialRegions
doctrinalRole descriptionOfCosmology
descriptionOfHeavensAndHells
elaborationOfEthicalConduct
explanationOfRebirth
expositionOfKarmaTheory
narrativesIllustratingMoralTeachings
elaboratesOn Āgamas
surface form: Agamas
ethicalContent karmicConsequencesOfActions
storiesOfPastLives
follows Āgamas
surface form: Agamas
historicalContext composedInAncientIndia
includesText Aupapatika-sutra
Candraprajñapti
Jambūdvīpaprajñapti
Chedasutras
surface form: Jīvābhigama-sūtra

Pannavana-sutra
surface form: Kalpāvataṃsikā-sūtra

Pannavana-sutra
surface form: Nirayāvalikā-sūtra

Pannavana-sutra
Praśnavyākaraṇa
surface form: Praśnavyākaraṇa-sūtra

Pannavana-sutra
surface form: Puṇyapapā-sūtra

Rājapraśnīya-sūtra
Sūryaprajñapti
Aupapatika-sutra
surface form: Vipāka-sūtra
language Prakrit
laterForm writtenTexts
numberOfTexts 12
partOf Jain literature
surface form: Jain canon
purpose clarificationOfAgamicTeachings
instructionInDoctrineAndConduct
religion Jainism
scripturalLevel secondaryToPrimaryAgamas
supplements Agamas
tradition Svetambara
surface form: ŚvetāmbaraJainScripturalTradition
transmission originallyOral
usedBy Jain laypeople
Jain monks
Jain nuns

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Agamas includes Upangas