Uttaradhyayana

Uttaradhyayana
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Religion Jainism
Language Prakrit

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]

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Notes

  1. Cort 2001, p. 18.
  2. Dundas 2002, p. 47.

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