Uttaradhyayana

Uttaradhyayana
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Religion Jainism
Language Prakrit
A King and a Monk (recto); Text (verso); Folio from an Uttaradhyayanasutra, LACMA AC1993.225.1

Uttaradhyayana or Uttaradhyayana Sutra is a Śvētāmbara text said to be one of the final set lectures given by Lord Mahavira before his liberation.[1] The Uttaradhyayana points to the fact that nudity distinguished Mahavira's monks from those of Parshvanatha (UttS 23).[2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Cort 2001, p. 18.
  2. ↑ Dundas 2002, p. 47.

References

  • Cort, John E. (22 March 2001), Jains in the World : Religious Values and Ideology in India: Religious Values and Ideology in India, USA: Oxford University Press
  • Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed.), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26605-X


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