Pannavana-sutra

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The Pannavana-sutra is a Jain canonical text known for its systematic classification and detailed descriptions of various forms of life and existence.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kalpāvataṃsikā-sūtra 1
Nirayāvalikā-sūtra 1
Pannavana-sutra canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Agama ⓘ
Jain scripture ⓘ
canonical text ⓘ
aimsTo systematically classify living beings ⓘ
associatedWith Jain doctrine of ahimsa ⓘ
Jain doctrine of jiva ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of Svetambara canon ⓘ
concerns classification of existence ⓘ
hierarchy of life forms ⓘ
describes air-bodied beings ⓘ
animal beings ⓘ
earth-bodied beings ⓘ
fire-bodied beings ⓘ
heavenly beings ⓘ
hellish beings ⓘ
human beings ⓘ
multi-sensed beings ⓘ
one-sensed beings ⓘ
plant-bodied beings ⓘ
water-bodied beings ⓘ
focusesOn categories of sentient beings ⓘ
classification of living beings ⓘ
cosmological classification ⓘ
forms of life ⓘ
modes of existence ⓘ
genre classificatory treatise ⓘ
scholastic text ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later Jain scholastic literature ⓘ
language Prakrit ⓘ
originallyOral true ⓘ
partOf Jain Agamas ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
relatedConcept Jain cosmological realms ⓘ
Jain karma theory ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
script Jain Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Jain Sharda ⓘ
studiedBy Jain monks ⓘ
Jain nuns ⓘ
Jain scholars ⓘ
subjectMatter Jain biology ⓘ
Jain cosmology ⓘ
ontology of life ⓘ
timePeriod ancient India ⓘ
tradition Svetambara Jainism ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara
usedFor ethical reflection on non-violence ⓘ
usedIn Jain monastic education ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Upangas → includesText → Pannavana-sutra ⓘ
Upangas → includesText → Nirayāvalikā-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pannavana-sutra
Upangas → includesText → Kalpāvataṃsikā-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pannavana-sutra
Upangas → includesText → Puṇyapapā-sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pannavana-sutra