Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Introduction to book 9
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Jambūdvīpa, Jyotiṣkas, Isles in the Salt Ocean,
Knowledge of Law without hearing,
Gangeya, Kuṇḍagrāma, Killer of men,
Thirty-four Chapters in Book Nine.