JAIN LITERATURE :

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JAIN LITERATURE PAST, PRESENT,
FUTURE FROM THE VIEW OF SWETAMBER TRADITION
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CLASSIFICATON OF AGAM
AGAM
ARTHAGAM
SUTRAGAM
COMPILED BY GANDHARAS
TEACHINGS OF MAHAVIR
PURVAS
ANGA
ANGA BAHYA UPANGA
COMPOSED BY ACHARYAS
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AGAM VACHANA
TIME PLACE LEADERSHIP
367 BC PATALIPUTRA STHULIBHADRA
250 BC ORISSA KING KHARVEL
300 315 AD MATHURA SKANDHIL
300 315 AD VALLABHI NAGARJUN
453 466 AD VALLABHI DEVARDHIGANI

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COMMENTARIES ON AGAMS

• NIRYUKTI - BHADRABAHU II - 500 AD
• PRAKRIT, VERSES
• BHASHYA - JINBHADRAGANI, SANGHDAS - 600 AD
• PRAKRIT, VERSES
• CHURNI - JINDAS MAHATTAR, AGASTYASINGH
• 600 1100 AD, SANSKRIT
  PRAKRIT,PROSE
• TIKA - HARIBHADRA SURI 700 AD, SANSKRIT
• ABHAYDEV SURI 1000 AD
• MALAYGIRI - 1100 AD , PROSE

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DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

• SANSKRIT UMASWATI, SIDDHASEN, HARIBHADRA,
  HEMCHANDRA
• GUJARATI - ANANDGANJI, YASHOVIJAY
• RAJASTHANI BHIKSHU, JAYACHARYA, DHARMASI
• HINDI - YOGINDRA
• KANNADA - POET PONNA, PAMPA
• TAMIL - THIRUVALLUVAR

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PRESENT

• MUNI JUMBUVIJAY
• MUNI PUNYAVIJAY
• YUVACHARYA MADHUKARMUNI
• ACHARYA ATMARAM
• ACHARYA TULSI
• ACHARYA MAHAPRAGYA

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FUTURE

• TRANSLATION IN MANY LANGUAGES
• USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
• LEARNING COURSES FOR PRAKRIT
• SANSKRIT
• OFFER JAIN PHILOSOPHY COURSES IN
• UNIVERSITIES
• RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS
• PRODUCE MANY JAIN SCHOLARS