Uttaradhyayana
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Uttaradhyayana or Uttaradhyayana Sutra is a Śvētāmbara text said to be one of the final set lectures given by Lord Mahavira before his liberation.[1] The Uttaradhyayana points to the fact that nudity distinguished Mahavira's monks from those of Parshvanatha (UttS 23).[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Cort 2001, p. 18.
- ↑ Dundas 2002, p. 47.
References
- Cort, John E. (22 March 2001), Jains in the World : Religious Values and Ideology in India: Religious Values and Ideology in India, USA: Oxford University Press
- Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed.), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26605-X
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