Svetambara canon

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Jain scripture collection religious canon

The Svetambara canon is the authoritative collection of sacred Jain scriptures preserved and followed by the Svetambara sect.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Svetambara Jain canon 1
Śvetāmbara Jain canon 1
Śvetāmbara canon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain scripture collection ⓘ
religious canon ⓘ
associatedWith Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConcept ahimsa ⓘ
karma ⓘ
liberation ⓘ
contains Jain Agamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTeachingsOf Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Digambara scriptures NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Svetambara Jains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Svetambara sect NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFocus Indian subcontinent ⓘ
hasNumberOfAngas 11 ⓘ
hasPart Angas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chedasutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Culikasutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mulasutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prakirnakas ⓘ
Upangas NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesTextType didactic ⓘ
legal ⓘ
narrative ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
influences Svetambara lay conduct ⓘ
Svetambara monastic rules ⓘ
language Ardhamagadhi Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
laterWrittenDown yes ⓘ
preservedBy Svetambara monastic community ⓘ
Svetambara scholars NERFINISHED ⓘ
regardedAs authoritative scripture collection ⓘ
sacred text ⓘ
regionOfUse Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Jain Agamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousBranch Svetambara NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptureStatus authoritative for Svetambara Jains ⓘ
canonical ⓘ
timeOfCompilation early centuries CE ⓘ
traditionalNumberOfAngas 12 ⓘ
transmittedAs oral tradition ⓘ
usedFor doctrinal instruction ⓘ
ethical guidance ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ
ritual practice ⓘ
viewedAs preserved teachings of Mahavira ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Jain literature → hasComponent → Svetambara canon ⓘ
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit → usedInText → Svetambara canon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Svetambara Jain canon
Chedasutras → partOf → Svetambara canon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śvetāmbara canon
Mulasutras → associatedWith → Svetambara canon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śvetāmbara Jain canon