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Jainism

Tirthankaras, ahimsa, karma, liberation, Jain cosmology, and source-safe handling of Jain texts.

Indian subcontinent1st millennium BCE2 readable texts3 indexed sources
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Jaina Sutras Part I

JainismAccepted Scripture

Acharanga Sutra and Kalpa Sutra selections indexed for ahimsa, ascetic discipline, living beings, vows, purity, karma, rebirth, Mahavira, Tirthankaras, and monastic practice.

Prakrit· Ancient Jain canonical material represented by the 1884 Sacred Books of the East English translation

Jaina Sutras Part II

JainismAccepted Scripture

Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Sutrakritanga Sutra selections indexed for discipline, karma, liberation, vows, ascetic conduct, food, living beings, hells, doctrinal disputes, and monastic renunciation.

Prakrit· Ancient Jain canonical material represented by the 1895 Sacred Books of the East English translation
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Jaina Sutras Part I: Acharanga Sutra and Kalpa Sutra

scripture / agama selectionsancient Jain canonical material; 1884 English translationPrakrit
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public-domain Hermann Jacobi / Sacred Books of the East volume 22 English translation loaded from Internet Archive OCR

Indexed for ahimsa, living beings, ascetic discipline, vows, purity, karma, rebirth, Mahavira, Tirthankaras, and monastic practice.

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Jaina Sutras Part II: Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Sutrakritanga Sutra

scripture / agama selectionsancient Jain canonical material; 1895 English translationPrakrit
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public-domain Hermann Jacobi / Sacred Books of the East volume 45 English translation loaded from Internet Archive OCR

Indexed for Jain discipline, karma, liberation, vows, ascetic conduct, food, living beings, hells, doctrinal disputes, and monastic renunciation.

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Additional Jain Agamas beyond the two SBE volumes

scripture collectionancient-medieval
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Jaina Sutras Parts I and II are indexed now; additional Jain scriptures remain in the coverage queue.

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