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Upāṅga

Meaning ‘auxiliary limbs’, the second group of 12 texts that make up the scriptures of the Śvetāmbara Jains. The Upāṅgas complement the first set of 12 texts, the Aṅgas – ‘limbs’ in Sanskrit.

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