The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva : Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy
The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva : Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy | Rare and modern books | John Stevenson
The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva : Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy
The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva : Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy | Rare and modern books | John Stevenson
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- Year of publication
- 2023
- ISBN
- 1111007789844
- Author
- John Stevenson
- Pages
- 178
- Publishers
- Gyan Publishing House
- Keyword
- Religion
- Binding description
- Paperback
- Languages
- English
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- Softcover
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About The Book : Excerpt from The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva: Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy Ceylonese date of the death of Buddha is rc. 543, and the death of the Tirthankara having taken place in 569, we obtain the reasonable period of twenty-six years, for the demise of the preceptor before his pupil. The Kalpa butra, according to a date embodied in the work itself, was composed 980 years after the demise of Mahavira, that is to say, a.d. 411. The public reading of the work took place twelve years afterwards, as narrated in the Introduction. The author's name was Bhadra Bahu, and the sovereign who then reigned in Gujarath, was Dhruva Sena. The four commentators who, between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
