Vyavahāra
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Vyavahāra is a Jain canonical text section that deals with rules of conduct, legal procedures, and monastic discipline within the Chedasūtras.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vyavahāra canonical | 1 |
| Vyavahāraśruta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10576131 — 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: Vyavahāra Context triple: [Chedasutras, hasPart, Vyavahāra]
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A.
Nyayavarttika
Nyāyavārttika is a foundational classical Indian philosophical treatise that elaborates and defends the Nyāya school’s logic and epistemology, composed as an influential sub-commentary on the Nyāya Sūtra.
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B.
Nyayamruta
Nyayamruta is a seminal Dvaita Vedanta philosophical treatise by Vyasatirtha that rigorously critiques Advaita Vedanta and defends dualistic realism.
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C.
Tattvacintāmaṇi
Tattvacintāmaṇi is a foundational work of Indian logic and epistemology that systematizes the Navya-Nyāya school’s analysis of knowledge and inference.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Nyaya
Nyaya is an orthodox school of Indian philosophy best known for its rigorous system of logic, epistemology, and debate.
- 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: Vyavahāra Target entity description: Vyavahāra is a Jain canonical text section that deals with rules of conduct, legal procedures, and monastic discipline within the Chedasūtras.
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A.
Nyayavarttika
Nyāyavārttika is a foundational classical Indian philosophical treatise that elaborates and defends the Nyāya school’s logic and epistemology, composed as an influential sub-commentary on the Nyāya Sūtra.
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B.
Nyayamruta
Nyayamruta is a seminal Dvaita Vedanta philosophical treatise by Vyasatirtha that rigorously critiques Advaita Vedanta and defends dualistic realism.
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C.
Tattvacintāmaṇi
Tattvacintāmaṇi is a foundational work of Indian logic and epistemology that systematizes the Navya-Nyāya school’s analysis of knowledge and inference.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Nyaya
Nyaya is an orthodox school of Indian philosophy best known for its rigorous system of logic, epistemology, and debate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chedasūtra
ⓘ
Jain canonical text section ⓘ Jain scripture ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
maintain purity of the monastic order
ⓘ
standardize judicial procedures within the saṅgha ⓘ |
| associatedWithSect |
Śvetāmbara
ⓘ
linked to:
Svetambara
|
| canonicalCategory | disciplinary text ⓘ |
| contains |
guidelines for expiation (prāyaścitta)
ⓘ
procedures for confession of faults ⓘ regulations on community discipline ⓘ rules for handling disputes ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
legal procedures
ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ rules of conduct ⓘ |
| etymology | from Sanskrit ‘vyavahāra’ meaning ‘procedure, legal practice, conduct’ ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
regulation of monastic life
ⓘ
transgressions and penalties ⓘ |
| genre | normative religious law text ⓘ |
| hasTitleInTransliteration |
Vyavahārasūtra
ⓘ
linked to:
Vyavahāra Sūtra
|
| historicalContext | composed in early centuries of the Jain tradition ⓘ |
| influences | Jain monastic disciplinary practice ⓘ |
| language | Prakrit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chedasūtras
ⓘ
linked to:
Chedasutras
Śvetāmbara Jain canon ⓘ
linked to:
Svetambara canon
|
| preservedIn | Śvetāmbara manuscript traditions ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cheda (disciplinary cutting off of privileges)
ⓘ
ācāra (conduct) ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Jainism ⓘ |
| script | various Indic scripts (historically) ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Jain ethics
ⓘ
Jain monastic law ⓘ |
| textType | legal-disciplinarian code ⓘ |
| traditionClassification | one of the Chedasūtras in the Śvetāmbara canon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jain monks
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Jain nuns ⓘ |
| usedFor |
adjudicating monastic offenses
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guiding internal legal processes of the order ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Vyavahāra Description of subject: Vyavahāra is a Jain canonical text section that deals with rules of conduct, legal procedures, and monastic discipline within the Chedasūtras.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vyavahāra