Svetambara canon

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The Svetambara canon is the authoritative collection of sacred Jain scriptures preserved and followed by the Svetambara sect.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain scripture collection ⓘ
religious canon ⓘ
associatedWith Mahavira ⓘ
centralConcept ahimsa ⓘ
karma ⓘ
liberation ⓘ
contains Jain Agamas ⓘ
containsTeachingsOf Mahavira ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Digambara scriptures ⓘ
followedBy Svetambara Jains ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara

Svetambara sect ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara
geographicFocus Indian subcontinent ⓘ
hasNumberOfAngas 11 ⓘ
hasPart Angas ⓘ
Chedasutras ⓘ
Culikasutras ⓘ
Mulasutras ⓘ
Prakirnakas ⓘ
Upangas ⓘ
includesTextType didactic ⓘ
legal ⓘ
narrative ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
influences Svetambara lay conduct ⓘ
Svetambara monastic rules ⓘ
language Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
laterWrittenDown yes ⓘ
preservedBy Svetambara monastic community ⓘ
Svetambara scholars ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara
regardedAs authoritative scripture collection ⓘ
sacred text ⓘ
regionOfUse Gujarat ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
relatedTo Jain Agamas ⓘ
religiousBranch Svetambara ⓘ
religiousTradition Jainism ⓘ
scriptureStatus authoritative for Svetambara Jains ⓘ
canonical ⓘ
timeOfCompilation early centuries CE ⓘ
traditionalNumberOfAngas 12 ⓘ
transmittedAs oral tradition ⓘ
usedFor doctrinal instruction ⓘ
ethical guidance ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ
ritual practice ⓘ
viewedAs preserved teachings of Mahavira ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Jain literature → hasComponent → Svetambara canon ⓘ
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit → usedInText → Svetambara Jain canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Chedasutras → partOf → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Mulasutras → associatedWith → Śvetāmbara Jain canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Mallinatha → scripturalSource → Śvetāmbara Jain Agamas ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Acaranga Sutra → partOf → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Sutrakritanga → partOf → Svetambara canon ⓘ
Vyākhyāprajñapti → partOf → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Jñātadharmakathāṅga → partOf → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Vipākaśruta → partOf → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Ācāradaśāh → tradition → Śvetāmbara Jain canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Ācāradaśāh → partOf → Chedasūtra section of the Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Vyavahāra → partOf → Śvetāmbara Jain canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Jītakalpa → partOf → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Sthānakavāsī → scripturesUsed → Śvetāmbara Jain canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon
Aupapatika-sutra → partOf → Svetambara canon ⓘ
Aupapatika-sutra → belongsTo → Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara canon