Upasakadasah

Upasakadasah
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Upāsakadaśāh is the seventh of the 12 Jain āgamas said to be promulgated by Māhavīra himself. Upāsakadaśāh translated as "Ten Chapters on Lay Attenders" is said to have been composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami as per the Śvetámbara tradition.

Subject matter

It contains stories describing the piety of the advanced laymen and their fortitude in face of demonic attacks.

English translations

Popular English Translations are :- Illustrated SRI UPASAKADASA SUTRA Prakrit Gatha - Hindi exposition - English exposition and Appendices Ed. by Pravartaka Amar Muni, Shrichand Surana, Eng. tr. by Surendra Bothra

Jain literature

*Fourteen Purvas (The Prior Knowledge – considered totally lost)*

Śvētāmbara Canonical Texts

Angāgama	Acharanga Sutra Sutrakritanga Sthananga Sutra Samavayanga Sutra Vyākhyāprajñapti Jnatrdharmakathah Upasakadasah Antakrddaasah Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh Prasnavyakaranani Vipakasruta Drstivada (now extinct)

Upanga āgamas	Aupapatika Rājapraśnīya Jīvājīvābhigama Prajñāpana Sūryaprajñapti Jambūdvīpaprajñapti Candraprajñapti Nirayārvalī Kalpāvatamsikāh Puspikāh Puspacūlikāh Vrasnidaśāh

Chedasūtra	Ācāradaśāh Brhatkalpa Vyavahāra Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra

Mūlasūtra	Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti

Prakīrnaka sūtra	Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā Samstāraka Tandulavaicarika Candravedhyāka Devendrastava Ganividyā Mahāpratyākhyanā Vīrastava

Cūlikasūtra	Nandī-sūtra Anuyogadvāra-sūtra

Digambara Texts

Agamas	Shatkhandagama Kasayapahuda

Pratham -ānuyoga	Mahapurana Ādi purāṇa Uttarapurana Harivamsa Purana

Carnānuyoga	Mulachara Trivarnācāra Tattvartha Sutra (Note1) Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra Puruşārthasiddhyupāya

Karnánuyoga	Gommatsāra Sūryaprajñapti Jayadhavalātikā Tiloya Panatti Lokavibhaga

Dravyānuyoga	Niyamasara Pancastikayasara Pravachanasara Samayasāra Aptamimamsa Dravyasamgraha Jnanarnava

Commentary	Sarvārthasiddhi (commentary on Tattvārthasūtra)

Others	Siribhoovalaya Uvasagharam Stotra Bhaktamara Stotra Jinvani Namokar Mantra

Tattvartha Sutra is accepted by both Digambara and Śvetāmbara as their texts although Śvetāmbaras do not include it under canonical texts.

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