Shvetambara texts
Agamas are the main scriptures followed by Jains as preached by Tirthankars. Both Shwetambar and Digambar sects believe in 12 Agamas. Both also believe that the 12th Agama Drishtivaad ( Dṛṣṭivāda ) was lost over a period of time and realised the need to turn the oral tradition to written. While Digambaras believed that all the 12 Agamas were lost, Shwetambars believed that the first 11 Agamas were not lost. They compiled them in written format in the 6th century CE in Vallabhi, Gujarat. The list is as follows.
Agamas
There are 45 Agamas (11 Angā Agamas and 34 Angā Bahya Agamas).
11 Angā Agamas
- Āyāraṃga (Sanskrit: Ācāranga, meaning: 'On monastic conduct')
- Sūyagaḍa (Sūtrakṛtānga, 'On heretical systems and views')
- Ṭhāṇaṃga (Sthānānga, 'On different points [of the teaching]')
- Samavāyaṃga (Samavāyānga, 'On rising numerical groups')
- Viyāha-pannatti / Bhagavaī (Vyākhyā-prajñapti or Bhagavatī, 'Exposition of explanations' or 'the holy one')
- Nāyā-dhamma-kahāo (Jñāta-dharmakathānga, 'Parables and religious stories')
- Uvāsaga-dasāo (Upāsaka-daśāḥ, 'Ten chapters on the Jain lay follower')
- Aṇuttarovavāiya-dasāo (Antakṛd-daśāḥ, 'Ten chapters on those who put an end to rebirth in this very life')
- Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh (Anuttaropapātika-daśāḥ, 'Ten chapters on those who were reborn in the uppermost heavens')
- Paṇha-vāgaraṇa (Praśna-vyākaraṇa, 'Questions and explanations')
- Vivāga-suya (Vipākaśruta, 'Bad or good results of deeds performed')
34 Anga Bahya Agamas
The 34 Anga Bahya Agamas consist of 12 Upānga Agamas, 6 Cheda sūtras, 6 Mūla sūtras, and 10 Paiṇṇaya sutras.
Upānga Agamas
- Uvavāiya-sutta (Sanskrit: Aupapātika-sūtra, 'Places of rebirth')
- Rāya-paseṇaijja or Rāyapaseṇiya (Rāja-praśnīya, 'Questions of the king')
- Jīvājīvābhigama (Jīvājīvābhigama, 'Classification of animate and inanimate entities')
- Pannavaṇā (Prajñāpanā, 'Enunciation on topics of philosophy and ethics')
- Sūriya-pannatti (Sūrya-prajñapti, 'Exposition on the sun')
- Jambūdvīpa-pannatti (Jambūdvīpa-prajñapti, 'Exposition on the Jambū continent and the Jain universe')
- Canda-pannatti (Candra-prajñapti, 'Exposition on the moon and the Jain universe')
- Nirayāvaliyāo or Kappiya (Narakāvalikā, 'Series of stories on characters reborn in hells')
- Kappāvaḍaṃsiāo (Kalpāvataṃsikāḥ, 'Series of stories on characters reborn in the kalpa heavens')
- Pupphiāo (Puṣpikāḥ, 'Flowers' refers to one of the stories')
- Puppha-cūliāo (Puṣpa-cūlikāḥ, 'The nun Puṣpacūlā')
- Vaṇhi-dasāo (Vṛṣṇi-daśāh, 'Stories on characters from the legendary dynasty known as Andhaka-Vṛṣṇi')
Cheda sūtras (texts relating to the conduct and behaviour of monks and nuns)
- Āyāra-dasāo (Sanskrit: Ācāradaśāh, 'Ten [chapters] about monastic conduct', chapter 8 is the famed Kalpa-sūtra)
- Bihā Kappa (Bṛhat Kalpa, '[Great] Religious code')
- Vavahāra (Vyavahāra, 'Procedure')
- Nisīha (Niśītha, 'Interdictions')
- Jīya-kappa (Jīta-kalpa, Customary rules)
- Mahā-nisīha (Mahā-niśītha, Large Niśītha)
Mūla sūtras ('Fundamental texts' which are foundational works studied by new monastics)
- Dasaveyāliya-sutta (Sanskrit: Daśavaikālika-sūtra), this is memorized by all new Jain mendicants
- Uttarajjhayaṇa-sutta (Uttarādhyayana-sūtra)
- Āvassaya-sutta (Āvaśyaka-sūtra)
- Piṇḍa-nijjutti and Ogha-nijjutti (Piṇḍa-niryukti and Ogha-niryukti), Cūlikasūtras ("appendixes")
- Nandī-sūtra – discusses the five types of knowledge
- Anuyogadvāra-sūtra – a technical treatise on analytical methods, discusses Anekantavada
Paiṇṇaya sutras (Sanskrit: Prakīrnaka sūtras, "Miscellaneous")
- Cau-saraṇa (Sanskrit: Catuḥśaraṇa, The 'four refuges')
- Āura-paccakkhāṇa (Ātura-pratyākhyāna, 'Sick man's renunciation')
- Bhatta-parinnā (Bhakta-parijñā,'Renunciation of food')
- Saṃthāraga (Saṃstāraka, 'Straw bed')
- Tandula-veyāliya (Taṇḍula-vaicārika,'Reflection on rice grains')
- Canda-vejjhaya (Candravedhyaka, 'Hitting the mark')
- Devinda-tthaya (Devendra-stava, 'Praise of the kings of gods')
- Gaṇi-vijjā (Gaṇi-vidyā,'A Gaṇi's knowledge')
- Mahā-paccakkhāṇa (Mahā-pratyākhyāna,'Great renunciation')
- Vīra-tthava (Vīra-stava,'Great renunciation')
Major scriptures by acharyas
Major scriptures by Acharya Umaswati (1st–2nd Century CE)
- Tattvartha Sutra (On the Nature [artha] of Reality [tattva])
- Prasamarati (guide for the aspirant on the path of peace and liberation from karmic bondage)
Major scriptures by Acharya Vimalsuri (3rd Century CE)
- Paumchariya (Jain Ramayan)
Major scriptures by Acharya Haribhadrasuri (8th Century CE)
- Anekāntajayapatākā [The Victory Banner of Anekantavada (Relativism)] – which puts forward arguments about Anekantavada
- Anekāntavādapraveśa, discusses Jain Philosophy
- Anekāntasiddhi – establishes the concept of non-absolutism (anekānta)
- Ātmasiddhi (Realization of Self), a work about the Soul
- Upadeśapada, collection of stories which depicts how difficult it is to secure a human birth
- Daṃsaṇasuddhi, text deals with Samyagdarśana (right faith) and its purity
- Darisaṇasattari, another work on Samyagdarśana
- Dhammasangahaṇi, work on Dharma
- Lokatattvanirṇaya, a work of comparative religion where he talks about Hindu Gods
- Saṃsāradāvānalastuti, a work praising Thirtankaras
- Samarāiccakahā, a collection of stories
- Sambohapayaraṇa, a work on philosophy
- Ashtakaprakarana (The Eightfold Explanation)
- Dharmabindu – which outlines the duties of the laity, outlines rules for mendicants, and describes the bliss of moksha
- Dhūrtākhyāna (The Rogue's Stories)
- Pañcāśaka – a Prakrit work on rituals and spiritual matters
- Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya (Compendium of Six Philosophies) – which compares Jainism with other schools of Indian philosophy
- Samarāiccakahā (The Story of Samarāicca) – a narrative which outlines the effects of karma in a story about the enmity of its characters which endures over several reincarnations
- Sāstravārtāsamuccaya (The Array of Explanatory Teachings
- Yogabindu (The Seeds of Yoga) – a work on yoga
- Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya (An Array of Views on Yoga) – another work on yoga
- Yogaśataka – a third work on yoga. In these three volumes, he compares the yoga of Jainism with the other varieties of yoga prevalent in India at the time.
Major scriptures by Kalikalsarvagna Acharya Hemachandra (12th Century CE)
- Triśaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-carita ("Deeds of the 63 Illustrious Men")
- Pariśiṣṭaparvan (Sthaviravali)
- Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana (grammar)
- Abhidhan-Chintamani (lexicon)
- Arhanniti, a work on politics from a Jain perspective
- Kāvyānuśāsana (a work on poetics)
- Chandonuśāsana (a work on prosody)
- Pramāṇa-mimaṁsa (epistemology)
- Vītarāga-Stotra
- Deśī-Nāmamālā (lexicon of non-Sanskrit origin words)
- Nighāṇṭuśeṣa (botanical lexicon)
Major scriptures by Acharya Ratnashekharsuri (15th Century CE)
- Siri-Sirivala-Kaha
- Śrāddha Vidhi Prakaraṇa
Major scriptures by Mahopādhyāya Yashovijaya (17th Century CE)
- Ashtasahasri Tatparyavivarana Tika
- Adhyatmasara
- Adhyatmopanisatprakarana
- Dharmapariksa
- Jaina Nyayakhandakhadya
- Jaina Tarkabhasa
- Jnanasara
- Commentary on Jnanarnava
- Shripal raja no Ras
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