Kalpa Sutra
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The Kalpa Sutra is a foundational Jain scripture, traditionally recited during the Paryushana festival, that details the lives of the Tirthankaras—especially Mahavira—as well as monastic rules and rituals.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kalpa Sūtra | 4 |
| Kalpa Sutra canonical | 1 |
| Kalpa Sūtra (Śvetāmbara text) | 1 |
| Kalpasutra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7573692 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kalpa Sutra Context triple: [Jain literature, majorText, Kalpa Sutra]
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A.
Kalpa-sutras
The Kalpa-sutras are ancient Hindu ritual and ceremonial texts that systematically prescribe procedures for Vedic sacrifices, domestic rites, and religious observances.
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B.
Acaranga Sutra
The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.
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C.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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D.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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E.
Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kalpa Sutra Target entity description: The Kalpa Sutra is a foundational Jain scripture, traditionally recited during the Paryushana festival, that details the lives of the Tirthankaras—especially Mahavira—as well as monastic rules and rituals.
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A.
Kalpa-sutras
The Kalpa-sutras are ancient Hindu ritual and ceremonial texts that systematically prescribe procedures for Vedic sacrifices, domestic rites, and religious observances.
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B.
Acaranga Sutra
The Acaranga Sutra is one of the oldest and most authoritative Jain scriptures, detailing the ascetic conduct, ethical principles, and spiritual practices of early Jain monks.
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C.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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D.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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E.
Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jain scripture
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mahavira
ⓘ
Tirthankaras ⓘ |
| author | Bhadrabahu ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Jina-caritra
ⓘ
Samācārī ⓘ Sthavirāvalī ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | circa 3rd–4th century BCE ⓘ |
| describes |
birth of Mahavira
ⓘ
nirvāṇa of Mahavira ⓘ omniscience of Mahavira ⓘ previous Tirthankaras ⓘ renunciation of Mahavira ⓘ
linked to:
austerities of Mahavira
|
| focusesOn |
life of Mahavira
ⓘ
lives of the Tirthankaras ⓘ monastic rules ⓘ ritual prescriptions ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
ⓘ
monastic code ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryTradition | medieval Jain commentaries ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jain manuscript painting
ⓘ
Jain narrative art ⓘ Jain ritual practice ⓘ |
| language | Prakrit ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
publicly read in Jain temples
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recited during Paryushana ⓘ |
| materialForm |
palm-leaf manuscripts
ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ |
| preservedAs | illuminated manuscripts ⓘ |
| primaryFestivalAssociation | Paryushana ⓘ |
| recitationLanguage | Prakrit ⓘ |
| recitationPractice |
illustrated with narrative explanations
ⓘ
ritual public reading by monks ⓘ |
| regionOfProminence |
Gujarat
ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ Western India ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
guides monastic conduct
ⓘ
strengthens devotion to Tirthankaras ⓘ supports ritual observance ⓘ |
| script |
Jain Devanagari
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
Jain Gujarati ⓘ Jain Śāradā ⓘ
linked to:
Jain Maharashtri
|
| statusInCanon | important Śvetāmbara canonical text ⓘ |
| tradition |
Śvetāmbara Jainism
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linked to:
Svetambara
|
| usedBy |
Śvetāmbara laypeople
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Śvetāmbara monks ⓘ Śvetāmbara nuns ⓘ
linked to:
Svetambara
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Subject: Kalpa Sutra Description of subject: The Kalpa Sutra is a foundational Jain scripture, traditionally recited during the Paryushana festival, that details the lives of the Tirthankaras—especially Mahavira—as well as monastic rules and rituals.
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