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13. Illustrated Kalpa Sutra
Price 800/
Kalpa Sutra is widely read and recited during the Paryushan festival. It contains stories of life of 24 Tirthankars with more details about Bhagavan Mahavir's life. It also contains the disciple lineage of Bhagavan Mahavir and detailed ascetic praxis. The illustrations connected with the 2 Tirthankars add to its attraction as well as utility.
14. Illustrated Chheda Sutra
Price* 800/The Agams that contain special procedures for purity of conduct are called Chheda Sutra. These Sutras enumerate subtle reules for purity of conduct. Of the four Chheda Sutras three should be specially read by all ascetics-Dashashrut-skandh, Brihatkalpa and Vyavahar. This edition contains these three Chhed Sutras with elaboration based on commentaries (Bhashya) and other works. It also includes English translation and 15 multicolour illustrations.
15. Illustrated Bhagavati Sutra (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Price* 3,200/Vyakhyaprajnapti, the fifth Anga, is popularly known as Bhagavati. It contains thousands of question and answers on various topics from four Anuyogas, Such as soul, entities, matter, ultimate particles and universe. This voluminous Agam is an ocean of Jain metaphysics. With simple translation and brief elaboration it is expected to be completed in six volumes. The first volume contains one to four Shataks and 15 illustrations. The second volume contains five to seven Shataks complete and first Uddeshak of the eighth Shatak. As usual 15 colourful illustrations have also been included. The third volume contains second Uddeshak of the eighth Shatak and complete ninth Shatak. 22 colourful illustrations have also been included. The fourth volume contains tenth Shatak and third Uddeshak of the thirteenth Shatak with 16 useful colourful illustrations. These will make the complex topics simple and easy to understand. This is probably for the first time that an English translation of this Agam is being published.
16. Illustrated Jambudveep Prajnapti Sutra
Price* 800/
This is the sixth Upanga. The central theme of this Sutra is detailed description of Jambudveep. The list of topics discussed in this include inhabited areas of Jambudveep continent, mountains, rivers, Mahavideh area, Meru mountain, the sun, the moon, planets, and constellations moving around the Meru; regressive and progressive cycles of time; people like the fourteen Kulakars, the first Tirthankar Bhagavan Risabhadeva; and incidents like the conquest of the six division of the Bharat area. The colourful illustrations included in this volume will be helpful in understanding the geographical conditions of Jambudveep as well as the movement of the sun, the moon and planets. The readers will find the beautiful multicoloured illustrations of incidents from Bhagavan Risabhadeva's life very lively. This Sutra is a compendium of Jain geography, cosmology and history.
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