Jain Agamas

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Jain canonical text religious scripture collection

Jain Agamas are the canonical scriptures of Jainism, comprising the foundational religious, philosophical, and ethical teachings attributed to Mahavira and other Tirthankaras.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Jain monastic code 1
Jain Āgamas 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain canonical text ⓘ
religious scripture collection ⓘ
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Tirthankaras NERFINISHED ⓘ
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anekantavada ⓘ
karma theory ⓘ
moksha ⓘ
samsara ⓘ
syadvada NERFINISHED ⓘ
contain ethical teachings ⓘ
philosophical teachings ⓘ
religious teachings ⓘ
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Chedasutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mulasutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prakirnakas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upangas NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenceOn Jain cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jain ethics ⓘ
Jain monastic codes ⓘ
Jain ritual practice ⓘ
language Ardhamagadhi Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jain Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
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numberOfAngasInSvetambaraTradition 11 ⓘ
preservation oral tradition ⓘ
preservedBy Jain monks ⓘ
Jain nuns ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
script various Indic scripts ⓘ
studiedBy Jain scholars ⓘ
studiedIn Jain pathshalas ⓘ
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tradition Digambara Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Śvetāmbara Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor cosmological description ⓘ
doctrinal instruction ⓘ
lay conduct guidance ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ
ritual prescriptions ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

anekantavada (doctrine of non-one-sidedness) → articulatedIn → Jain Agamas ⓘ
subject surface form: anekantavada
Naraka → describedIn → Jain Agamas ⓘ
Jain literature → hasComponent → Jain Agamas ⓘ
Vaishali → mentionedIn → Jain Agamas ⓘ
Culikasutras → partOf → Jain Agamas ⓘ
Mulasutras → partOf → Jain Agamas ⓘ
Angas → relatedConcept → Jain Agamas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jain Āgamas
Mulasutras → relatedConcept → Jain Agamas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jain monastic code
ahimsa (non-violence) → scripturalSource → Jain Agamas ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahimsa
Jina → scripturalSource → Jain Agamas ⓘ
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit → usedInText → Jain Agamas ⓘ