Scientific Contents in Prakrta Canons

SR No.: 001670
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1996
Total Pages: 608
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Science, & Religion
File Size: 9 MB

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Table 8 Details of main Digambara Pro-canons.
Name
1. Kaṣāya Prabhṛta
3. Bhagavati
Ārādhanā
4. Mülācāra
Author
Gunadhara
2. Sat-khaṇḍāgama Puspadanta, 75-150 A. D. 6
Bhutabali
Śivarya
5. Prabhṛta-traya
Period (App.) Sections Slokas
35-100 B. C. 15
233
Baṭṭakera
100-150 A. D. 1
100-200 A. D. 12
7000
( aphorisms)
2148-70
Kundakunda* 150-250 A. D. 16
Contents
Passions, subsidence &
destruction of deluding
karma.
Karma theory, Disquisitional treatment, Sciences.
885
Ideal/real living, knowledge &
knowables, ascetic
discipline, six realities, five existences, etc.
According to new researches, the period of Kundakunda is being fixed as 6th century A. D. (See Aspects of Jainology, Volume III, P. V. Research Institute, Varanasi, 1991, pp. 187-206).
5 types of ascetic disciplines, deaths, meditation
1252/1403 Ascetic discipline,
basic Jaina tenets.
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