HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Jatakas
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Tripitakas
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Purvas
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Angas
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Detailed explanation-1: -anga of Jinvani also known as Drishtivaad Anga.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mahavira taught that observance of the vows of ahimsa (non-violence), satya (truth), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (chastity), and aparigraha (non-attachment) are necessary for spiritual liberation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The teachings of Mahavira were first preserved in form of sacred texts called Purvas. Sometime after, those texts were compiled in shape of twelve Angas. Because of its hard rules, Jainism could not become a religion of the masses. Its followers also got divided into two branches in course of time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gautama and other Gandhars (the chief disciples of Mahavira) are said to have compiled the original sacred scriptures which were divided into twelve Angas or parts. They are referred to as the eleven Angas and the fourteen Pūrvas, since the twelfth Anga comprises fourteen Pūrvas.
Detailed explanation-5: -The texts containing the teachings of Mahavira are called the Agamas, and are the canonical literature-the scriptures-of Svetambara Jainism.