Adi Purana

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Adi Purana is a foundational Jain religious text traditionally attributed to the poet Jinasena, narrating the life of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha, and early Jain cosmology.

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Adi Purana canonical 3
Ādi Purāṇa 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain religious text ⓘ
Sanskrit epic poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adipurana ⓘ
associatedWith Rashtrakuta period ⓘ
linked to: Rashtrakuta dynasty
author Jinasena ⓘ
centralCharacter Rishabhanatha ⓘ
composedIn 9th century ⓘ
describes early Jain cosmology ⓘ
life of the first Tirthankara ⓘ
genre Mahakavya ⓘ
hasCommentary various later Jain commentaries ⓘ
includes accounts of Rishabhanatha’s sons Bharata and Bahubali ⓘ
influenced later Jain narrative literature ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
literaryForm campu-style narrative (prose and verse) ⓘ
narrativeFocus Rishabhanatha ⓘ
partOf Jain epic literature ⓘ
placeOfComposition South India ⓘ
preservedAs manuscripts in Jain libraries ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in many modern editions) ⓘ
subject Jain cosmology ⓘ
Jain kings and dynasties ⓘ
Tirthankaras ⓘ
teaches Jain ethical principles ⓘ
tradition Digambara ⓘ
linked to: Digambara Jains
usedIn Jain monastic study ⓘ
Jain religious instruction ⓘ

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Rishabhanatha → scripturalSource → Ādi Purāṇa ⓘ
linked to: Adi Purana
Mahapurana → hasPart → Adi Purana ⓘ
Jinasena → notableWork → Ādi Purāṇa ⓘ
linked to: Adi Purana