A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas
The Jaina Āgamas: Pūrvas, Aṅgas, Upāṅgas, Chedasūtras, Mūlasūtras, Prakīrṇakas; councils, redaction, languages, commentaries (niryukti, bhāṣya, cūrṇi, ṭīkā).
- Language
- English
- Author
- Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
- Extent
- 2,011 passages, 88,151 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Bombay, 1941; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · In copyright (Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia †1979); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 12 parts
- c2 Preface — 12 parts
- c3 Analysis — 14 parts
- c4 Contents — 22 parts
- c5 Chapter I: Genesis of the Jaina Scriptures — 132 parts
- c6 Chapter II. Classifications of the Agamas — 352 parts
- c7 Chapter III. Redaction of the Jaina Canon — 69 parts
- c8 Chapter IV. The Extinct Agamas of the Jainas — 362 parts
- c9 Chapter V. The Extant Agamas of the Jainas — 54 parts
- c10 Chapter VI. The Canonical Exegetical Literature — 259 parts
- c11 Chapter VII. Comparison and Evaluation — 192 parts
- c12 Index I — 19 parts
- c13 Index II — 48 parts
- c14 Additions & Corrections — 38 parts