Kalpa Sutra

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Jain scripture religious text

The Kalpa Sutra is a foundational Jain scripture, traditionally recited during the Paryushana festival, that details the lives of the Tirthankaras—especially Mahavira—as well as monastic rules and rituals.

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Kalpa Sūtra 2
Kalpa Sūtra (Śvetāmbara text) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain scripture ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
associatedWith Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tirthankaras NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Bhadrabahu NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsSection Jina-caritra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samācārī NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sthavirāvalī NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfComposition circa 3rd–4th century BCE ⓘ
describes birth of Mahavira ⓘ
nirvāṇa of Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
omniscience of Mahavira ⓘ
previous Tirthankaras ⓘ
renunciation of Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn life of Mahavira ⓘ
lives of the Tirthankaras ⓘ
monastic rules ⓘ
ritual prescriptions ⓘ
genre hagiography ⓘ
monastic code ⓘ
hasCommentaryTradition medieval Jain commentaries ⓘ
influenced Jain manuscript painting ⓘ
Jain narrative art ⓘ
Jain ritual practice ⓘ
language Prakrit ⓘ
liturgicalUse publicly read in Jain temples ⓘ
recited during Paryushana ⓘ
materialForm palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ
preservedAs illuminated manuscripts ⓘ
primaryFestivalAssociation Paryushana NERFINISHED ⓘ
recitationLanguage Prakrit ⓘ
recitationPractice illustrated with narrative explanations ⓘ
ritual public reading by monks ⓘ
regionOfProminence Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western India NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
religiousFunction guides monastic conduct ⓘ
strengthens devotion to Tirthankaras ⓘ
supports ritual observance ⓘ
script Jain Devanagari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jain Gujarati ⓘ
Jain Śāradā NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusInCanon important Śvetāmbara canonical text ⓘ
tradition Śvetāmbara Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Śvetāmbara laypeople ⓘ
Śvetāmbara monks ⓘ
Śvetāmbara nuns NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Jain literature → majorText → Kalpa Sutra ⓘ
Chedasutras → relatedTo → Kalpa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalpa Sūtra
Trishala → mentionedIn → Kalpa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalpa Sūtra (Śvetāmbara text)
Rishabhanatha → scripturalSource → Kalpa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalpa Sūtra