Jambūdvīpaprajñapti

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Jambūdvīpaprajñapti is an ancient Jain canonical text that systematically describes the geography and cosmology of Jambūdvīpa, the central continent in Jain cosmology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain canonical text
Jain cosmological treatise
religious text
associatedWith Jain cosmological diagrams
Jain Āgamas NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus part of Jain Āgama literature
Śvetāmbara canon text
cosmologicalElement Mount Meru (Sumeru) NERFINISHED
bhogabhūmis (lands of enjoyment)
various karmabhūmis (lands of action)
cosmologicalLevel Madhyaloka (middle world) NERFINISHED
cosmologicalRole defines spatial framework of human world in Jainism
cosmologyType Jain three-world cosmology
describes Jambūdvīpa NERFINISHED
inhabited zones of Jambūdvīpa
mountains of Jambūdvīpa
oceans surrounding Jambūdvīpa
regions of Jambūdvīpa
rivers of Jambūdvīpa
structure of Jambūdvīpa
focusesOn Jambūdvīpa as central continent in Jain cosmology
genre cosmography
didactic scripture
includes classification of regions
measurements of distances
measurements of mountains
measurements of oceans
influenced later Jain cosmological texts
language Prakrit NERFINISHED
purpose instruction in Jain cosmology
systematic description of Jambūdvīpa
regionTypeDescribed heavenly and lower realms in relation to Jambūdvīpa
human-inhabited regions
relatedConcept Jain karmic geography
Jain universe (loka) NERFINISHED
religion Jainism
religiousCommunity Jain lay followers
Jain monks NERFINISHED
Jain nuns NERFINISHED
script Jain Devanagari NERFINISHED
studyField Indology NERFINISHED
Jain studies
history of religions
subject Jain cosmology NERFINISHED
Jain geography NERFINISHED
timePeriod ancient
tradition Śvetāmbara Jainism NERFINISHED
usedIn Jain cosmological illustration
Jain monastic education
worldPosition center of Madhyaloka

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Upangas includesText Jambūdvīpaprajñapti