Drstivada
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Drstivāda ("Disputation about views") is a legendary lost text in the Jain religion.[1] It is the last of the 12 Jain āgamas as per Śvetámbara tradition, said to be promulgated by Māhavīra himself and composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami.[citation needed]
The text is traditionally said to contain the entire knowledge of the Fourteen Purvas. However, its contents have been referred and explained in Nandi and Samavāyānga Sūtra.[citation needed]
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Dristivāda was divided into five parts:
- Parikarma, containing Jaina calculatory science
- Sūtra, containing discussion about creeds and narratives
- Pūrvanayoga, containing Puranic narratives, religious biographies, and illustrative tales
- Purvgata , with fourteen subdivisions, containing discussions about Jaina doctrines and principles
- Chūlikā, containing the Purvas, knowledge prior to Mahavira which was preserved only in oral form
References[edit]
- ^ Dundas, Paul (2 September 2003). The Jains. Routledge. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-1-134-50165-6.
Fourteen Purvas (The Prior Knowledge – considered totally lost) | ||||||||||||||||
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Tattvartha Sutra is accepted by both Digambara and Śvetāmbara as their texts although Śvetāmbaras do not include it under canonical texts. | ||||||||||||||||
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