- India) in 300 BC,
under the
patronage of
Mauryan king Chandragupta. The
Avashyaka-churni (dated
between Samvat 650 and 750=593–693 CE) describes: There...
-
Dhana Nanda.
According to the Jain
texts such as
Parishishtaparvan and
Avashyaka sutra,
which do not
mention the name "Mahapadma" either, the
Nanda king...
- of p****ing away of Mahavira.
According to the
Kathasaritsagara and the
Avashyaka Kathanaka, the
kingdom of
Vatsa was
already a part of
Avanti during the...
-
commentaries (churnis and tikas) on
canonical texts such as
Uttaradhyayana and
Avashyaka Niryukti.
Thomas Trautmann believes that the Jain
version is
older and...
- the
surviving versions of two
later Jaina Sutras,
namely the
Vishesha Avashyaka and the
Kalpa Sutra. Jain
legend recounts that 18
writing scripts were...
- and
later killed the princes. The Jain tradition, as
recorded in the
Avashyaka Sutra and Parishishta-parvan,
corroborates the Greco-Roman accounts, stating...
-
master craftsman in
several Jain texts,
including Vasudeva-hindi,
Avashyaka-churni,
Avashyaka-niryukti,
Dasvaikalika Churni,
Visheshavashyaka Bhashya, and...
-
fifth day. The king
later built a city and
Jaina shrines on the mountain.
Avashyaka-churni, a
Jaina text,
describes Naggai as the
ruler of Purusha-pura (present-day...
-
mention his
title as Maharajadhiraja-Parameshvara. An 1141 CE m****cript of
Avashyaka-Niryukti
mentions his
title as Paramabhattaraka-Maharajadhiraja-Shrimad...
- step, he
becomes a monk.
Jains follow six
obligatory duties known as
avashyakas:
samayika (practising serenity),
chaturvimshati (praising the tirthankara)...
