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... Svetambara canon consists of 45 Agamas : 11 Anga Svetāmbara ( " parts " ) texts - a 12th , the Drṣṭivāda , is not extant - 12 Upanga ( subsidiary ) texts , four Mula - sūtras , six Cheda- sūtras , two Culikā - sūtras , and ten ...
... Svetambara canon consists of 45 Agamas : 11 Anga Svetāmbara ( " parts " ) texts - a 12th , the Drṣṭivāda , is not extant - 12 Upanga ( subsidiary ) texts , four Mula - sūtras , six Cheda- sūtras , two Culikā - sūtras , and ten ...
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... Svetambara and Digambara composi- tions are very extensive , covering a very wide range of subjects and composed in Prakrit , Sanskrit , and Apa- bhramśa as well as Old Western Rajasthānī or Gujarati , and Old Kannada . They include ...
... Svetambara and Digambara composi- tions are very extensive , covering a very wide range of subjects and composed in Prakrit , Sanskrit , and Apa- bhramśa as well as Old Western Rajasthānī or Gujarati , and Old Kannada . They include ...
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... Svetambara Lonkāsāha's repudiation of image worship as something without canonical support . A parallel sect , the ... Svetāmbara Tapā gaccha , was invited and hon- oured by Akbar . His disciples and some other monks also received ...
... Svetambara Lonkāsāha's repudiation of image worship as something without canonical support . A parallel sect , the ... Svetāmbara Tapā gaccha , was invited and hon- oured by Akbar . His disciples and some other monks also received ...
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