This page provides information about important Jain texts. The texts containing the teachings of Mahavira are called the Agamas, and are the canonical literature - the scriptures - of Svetambara ...

Jain texts describe his body as marked with signs that indicated he would be a “cakravartin,” a term that describes a conqueror of the world. In Jain belief, soon after Mahavir’s birth ...

and the U.K. But Jain religious texts are not easily accessible outside of libraries, temple repositories, and organizations like Jain eLibrary. “The younger population, especially, needed an ...

He is currently translating “Jain Darshan,” a text on the philosophy of Jainism. In 2019, he appeared in the TV series “The Story of God” with the actor Morgan Freeman. George Yancy ...

Addressing a gathering at the 'Navkar Mahamantra Divas' at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital, PM Modi said that preserving ancient Jain texts is a national duty. "The literature of Jainism is ...

Santhara, also known as “sallekhana or samadhi maran”, is described in various Jain texts as the voluntary act of facing death through fasting. According to A Sundara, head of the Department ...

The texts had to be memorised since Jain monks and nuns were not allowed to possess religious books as part of their vow of non-acquisition, nor were they allowed to write. Jain theology developed ...