INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jainism: The Bhagwati sutra is the fifth of the 12 Jain Agamas that Mahavira is claimed to have promulgated. Sudharmaswami is supposed to have composed the Bhagwati sutra. Hence, this option is correct.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bhagwati Sutra is also known as ‘Vyakhyaprajnapti’ which means exposition of explanations. It is the 5th of the 12 agamas and is been composed by Sudharmaswami by the Svetambara school of Jainism. It is written in the Jain Prakrit language. The royal-born Mahavira’s father was King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala.

Detailed explanation-3: -During this time many spiritual leaders stood against the dominance of the Brahmin priests and two such great leaders of Magadha were Gautam Buddha and Mahavira Jain. They founded the religions of Buddhism and Jainism respectively both based on the belief of faith and Karma.

Detailed explanation-4: -Despite theological differences between Jain and Hindu teachings – for instance, Hinduism teaches that the universe was created, but Jainism does not – the two religions share many similarities in their teachings and practices.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jainism teaches that the path to enlightenment is through nonviolence and reducing harm to living things (including plants and animals) as much as possible. Like Hindus and Buddhists, Jains believe in reincarnation. This cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is determined by one’s karma.