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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kalpa Sūtra	2
Kalpa Sutra canonical	1
Kalpa Sūtra (Śvetāmbara text)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7573692 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kalpa Sutra
Context triple: [Jain literature, majorText, Kalpa Sutra]

A. Kalpa-sutras
The Kalpa-sutras are ancient Hindu ritual and ceremonial texts that systematically prescribe procedures for Vedic sacrifices, domestic rites, and religious observances.
B. Acaranga Sutra
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.
C. Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
D. Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
E. Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kalpa Sutra
Target entity description: 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.

A. Kalpa-sutras
The Kalpa-sutras are ancient Hindu ritual and ceremonial texts that systematically prescribe procedures for Vedic sacrifices, domestic rites, and religious observances.
B. Acaranga Sutra
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.
C. Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
D. Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
E. Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

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 ⓘ