The Kalpa Sūtra (Sanskrit: कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the JainTirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira.[1] Traditionally ascribed to Bhadrabahu, which would place it in the 4th century BCE,[2] it was probably put in writing 980 or 993 years after the Nirvana (Moksha) of Mahavira.
Kalpa Sūtra
Detail of a leaf with, The Birth of God Mahavira (the 24th JainTirthankara), from the Kalpa Sutra, c.1375–1400.
Within the six sections of the Jain literary corpus belonging to the Svetambara school, it is classed as one of the Cheda Sūtras. This Sutra contains detailed life histories and, from the mid-15th century, was frequently illustrated with miniature painting. The oldest surviving copies are written on paper in western India in the 14th century.[citation needed]
The Kalpa Sutra is ascribed to Bhadrabahu, traditionally said to have composed it some 150 years after the Nirvāṇa (samadhi) of Mahavira.[2] It was compiled probably during the reign of Dhruvasena, 980 or 993 years after Mahavira's death.[3]
Importanceedit
The book is read and illustrated in an eight-day-long festival of Paryushan by Jain monks for general people. Only monks can read the scriptures, as in Jainism, this book has very high spiritual values.
Kalpasutra folio on Mahavira Nirvana. Note the crescent-shaped Siddhashila, a place where all siddhas reside after Nirvana.
Contentsedit
Kalpasutra mentions nine Ganas and 11 Ganadharas of Mahavira.[4]Bhadrabahu is mentioned as prime Ganadhara of Mahavira.[4] Bhadrabahu's disciple Godasa is mentioned to have founded Godasa Gana.[4]
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Translations
Kalpa Sutra text (1884 English translation)
The Kalpa sutra, and Nava tatva (1848 English translation)
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