Jinasena’s Harivamsa Purana

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Jain epic poem Sanskrit literature religious text

Jinasena’s Harivamsa Purana is a seminal Jain epic poem that retells the Harivamsa and Krishna legends from a distinctly Jain philosophical and ethical perspective.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Harivamsha (Jain version)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jain epic poem ⓘ Sanskrit literature ⓘ religious text ⓘ
aim	to promote Jain values through narrative ⓘ to reinterpret popular Hindu narratives in Jain terms ⓘ
associatedWith	Digambara monastic lineage of Jinasena ⓘ
author	Jinasena NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Harivamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna legends ⓘ
culturalContext	medieval Jain literature ⓘ
distinguishingFeature	emphasis on moral causality over divine grace ⓘ rejection of Krishna’s divine status ⓘ systematic Jainization of Krishna story ⓘ
doctrineEmphasized	ahimsa ⓘ asceticism ⓘ karma theory ⓘ non-attachment ⓘ
ethicalOrientation	Jain lay ethics ⓘ Jain monastic ethics ⓘ
genre	Purana ⓘ mahakavya ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier Jain Puranas ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
literaryForm	didactic epic ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ
perspective	Jain ethical perspective ⓘ Jain philosophical perspective ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	Jain karma-based cosmology ⓘ non-theistic ⓘ
region	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Jain Ramayana retellings ⓘ other Jain Puranic adaptations of Hindu epics ⓘ
religion	Jainism ⓘ
subject	Harivamsa narrative NERFINISHED ⓘ life of Krishna ⓘ
tradition	Digambara Jain tradition ⓘ
viewOfKrishna	Krishna as a great Jain hero ⓘ Krishna as not a supreme god ⓘ

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Jain literature → majorText → Jinasena’s Harivamsa Purana ⓘ

Rashtrakuta court → producedWork → Jinasena’s Harivamsa Purana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harivamsha (Jain version)