\u2713The sacred books of the Jainas are collectively known as the Siddhanta or Agama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713The language of the earliest texts is an eastern dialect of Prakrit known as Ardha Magadhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713The Jaina monastic order came to be divided into the Shvetambara and Digambara schools, perhaps in about the 3rd century CE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713The Shvetambara canon includes the 12 Angas, 12 Uvamgas (Upangas), 10 Painnas (Prakirnas), 6 Cheya Suttas (Cheda Sutras), 4 Mula Suttas (Mula Sutras), and a number of individual texts such as the Nandi Sutta (Nandi Sutra) and Anugodara (Anuyogadvara).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Both schools accept and give prime importance to the Angas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713According to Shvetambara tradition, the Angas were compiled at a council held at Pataliputra. The compilation of the entire canon is supposed to have taken place in the 5th or 6th century at a council held in Valabhi in Gujarat, presided over by Devarddhi Kshamashramana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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