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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Āyāiṭṭhāṇa (आयाइट्ठाण) (lit. “about the future”) refers to the tenth chapter of the Daśāśrutaskandha, as detailed in manuscripts included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The ultimate canonical source for the exposition of the nine nidānas, i.e. monks’ or nuns’ aspirations to have a particular kind of rebirth or enjoyment in the next life, is the tenth chapter of the Daśāśrutaskandha (Cf. W. Schubring, Drei Cheda-Sūtras, hamburg, 1966, pp. 22-28). Another name of this chapter is Āyāiṭṭhāṇa (‘about the future’). It takes the form of an Ardhamāgadhī prose narrative which is the basis for the present rewriting in Rajasthani. In both works the first incident is the sight of king Śreṇika and his wife Cellaṇā, who had come to listen to Mahāvīra’s teaching, which produces in some monks and nuns ([...]) respectively a desire to have a life of enjoyment similar to the king or the queen in the future. in most cases ascetics who formulate nidānas think they are legitimate as a reward for good ascetic practices they had in this life ([...]). But Mahāvīra teaches them ([...]) how these nidānas partly annihilate the positive effects of proper monastic life and prevent from reaching liberation in this life (see above, end of the text). [...]

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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