Upangas

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Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upangas canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain scripture collection ⓘ
secondary Jain scriptures ⓘ
associatedWithSect Śvetāmbara ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara
canonicalStatus acceptedInŚvetāmbaraCanon ⓘ
cosmologicalContent descriptionOfJambudvipa ⓘ
descriptionOfSunAndMoon ⓘ
descriptionOfcelestialRegions ⓘ
doctrinalRole descriptionOfCosmology ⓘ
descriptionOfHeavensAndHells ⓘ
elaborationOfEthicalConduct ⓘ
explanationOfRebirth ⓘ
expositionOfKarmaTheory ⓘ
narrativesIllustratingMoralTeachings ⓘ
elaboratesOn Agamas ⓘ
linked to: Āgamas
ethicalContent karmicConsequencesOfActions ⓘ
storiesOfPastLives ⓘ
follows Agamas ⓘ
linked to: Āgamas
historicalContext composedInAncientIndia ⓘ
includesText Aupapatika-sutra ⓘ
Candraprajñapti ⓘ
Jambūdvīpaprajñapti ⓘ
Jīvābhigama-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Chedasutras

Kalpāvataṃsikā-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pannavana-sutra

Nirayāvalikā-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pannavana-sutra

Pannavana-sutra ⓘ
Praśnavyākaraṇa-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Praśnavyākaraṇa

Puṇyapapā-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pannavana-sutra

Rājapraśnīya-sūtra ⓘ
Sūryaprajñapti ⓘ
Vipāka-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Aupapatika-sutra
language Prakrit ⓘ
laterForm writtenTexts ⓘ
numberOfTexts 12 ⓘ
partOf Jain canon ⓘ
linked to: Jain literature
purpose clarificationOfAgamicTeachings ⓘ
instructionInDoctrineAndConduct ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
scripturalLevel secondaryToPrimaryAgamas ⓘ
supplements Agamas ⓘ
tradition ŚvetāmbaraJainScripturalTradition ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara
transmission originallyOral ⓘ
usedBy Jain laypeople ⓘ
Jain monks ⓘ
Jain nuns ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Agamas → includes → Upangas ⓘ
Jain Agamas → include → Upangas ⓘ
Svetambara canon → hasPart → Upangas ⓘ