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Category:Kalpa-sūtra with Sanskrit commentary (Gamma 3)
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Mahāvīra in the Puṣpottara heaven
Indrabhūti Gautama and eight auspicious symbols
Devānandā’s 14 dreams
Śakra’s heavenly court
Śakra praises Mahāvīra’s embryo
Śakra gives orders to Hariṇaigameṣin
Hariṇaigameṣin obeys Indra’s orders
Mahāvīra’s embryo is removed
Mahāvīra’s embryo is brought to Trisalā
Trisalā’s joy
Trisalā’s 14 dreams
King Siddhārtha with attendants
King Siddhārtha’s physical exercises
King Siddhārtha with attendants
King Siddhārtha and Queen Trisalā talk
Astrologers explain the dreams
Trisalā’s sadness
Trisalā’s happiness
Mahāvīra as a baby
Śakra baths the infant Mahāvīra
Vigil on the sixth night
Mahāvīra’s childhood
Children’s games
Mahāvīra gives away his possessions
Mahavira’s palanquin
Mahāvīra’s initiation
Mahāvīra undergoes trials
Mahāvīra’s omniscience
Omniscience of Indrabhūti Gautama
Mahāvīra’s emancipation
Pārsva, the 23rd Jina
Pārsva’s achievements
Pārsva’s initiation
Pārsva undergoes trials
Nemi, the 22nd Jina
Blowing the conch
Water games and seduction
Nemi decides not to marry
Twenty Jinas
Ṛṣabha, the first Jina
The 14 dreams of Marudevī
Ṛṣabha as a baby
Ṛṣabha’s coronation
Ṛṣabha’s wedding
Ṛṣabha invents the art of pottery
Ṛṣabha’s omniscience
Ṛṣabha’s emancipation
Five of Mahāvīra’s chief disciples
Six of Mahāvīra’s chief disciples
Jambū-svāmin and his eight wives
Life of Sthūlabhadra
Life of Vajra-svāmin
Episodes in Sthūlabhadra’s life
Monastic life in the rainy season
The fourfold community
Rules on rainy-season alms
Scenes of forgiveness
Teaching scene
The fourfold community
Back cover – omniscience of a Jina
Ṛṣabha’s omniscience
Background
The Kalpa-sūtra is the most frequently illustrated Jain text of the Śvetāmbara sect. It is read and recited by monks in the festival of Paryuṣaṇ, which takes place in August to September each year.
The first part of the Kalpa-sūtra deals with the lives of the Jinas, especially Mahāvīra, Pārśva, Nemi and Ṛṣabha. It features almost identical stories of their births, lives as princes, renunciation, enlightenment and emancipation.
The second part – Sthavirāvali – is a praise of the early teachers of Jainism. The third part – Sāmācārī – deals with particular monastic rules to be followed during the rainy season.
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