Acaranga Sutra

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Agama Jain scripture canonical Jain text

The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Bhagavati Sutra 1
Samavāyāṅga Sūtra 1
Uttaradhyayana Sutra 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Agama ⓘ
Jain scripture ⓘ
canonical Jain text ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration Ācārāṅga Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityIn Śvetāmbara monastic discipline ⓘ
contains descriptions of permissible ascetic practices ⓘ
guidelines for wandering monks ⓘ
injunctions against harming living beings ⓘ
meditation instructions ⓘ
prohibitions on possessions ⓘ
rules for mendicants ⓘ
describes ascetic conduct of Jain monks ⓘ
ethical principles of Jainism ⓘ
spiritual practices of early Jain monks ⓘ
emphasizes detachment from body and possessions ⓘ
nudity as an ideal for early monks in some sections ⓘ
estimatedCenturyOfComposition 5th–3rd century BCE ⓘ
focusesOn monastic discipline ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
renunciation ⓘ
self-restraint ⓘ
genre ascetic manual ⓘ
religious law text ⓘ
influenced later Jain monastic codes ⓘ
language Ardhamagadhi Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Angas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Āgamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Śvetāmbara canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInCollection first Anga of the Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
preservedBy Śvetāmbara Jain community NERFINISHED ⓘ
records austerities of Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
life of Mahavira ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
script Jain Devanagari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jain Śāradā NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure two main books ⓘ
studiedBy Jain monks ⓘ
Jain nuns ⓘ
scholars of Jainism ⓘ
subject path to liberation in Jainism ⓘ
right conduct ⓘ
teaches carefulness in movement ⓘ
carefulness in speech ⓘ
carefulness in thought ⓘ
practice of ahiṃsā ⓘ
timePeriod early Jain canonical period ⓘ
tradition Śvetāmbara NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Angas → hasPart → Acaranga Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ācāranga Sūtra
Angas → hasPart → Acaranga Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samavāyāṅga Sūtra
Jain literature → majorText → Acaranga Sutra ⓘ
Jain literature → majorText → Acaranga Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhagavati Sutra
Jain literature → majorText → Acaranga Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uttaradhyayana Sutra
Chedasutras → relatedTo → Acaranga Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ācārāṅga Sūtra