An elephant, a bull, a lion, a garland of flowers.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
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Explore all included series ↓The life of the twenty-fourth Tirthankara from the Kalpa Sutra.
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One book each.
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The brother who stood still.
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Compassion in small hands.
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Why we forgive, why we fast.
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Kuvalayamala (Garland of Blue Water Lilies) A Jain prose-and-verse romance composed at Jabalipura, present-day Jalore. Interwoven lives and rebirths explore passions, conduct and liberation.
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Jivaka Chintamani (Civaka Cintamani) Prince Jivaka’s accomplishments, romances and royal adventures lead eventually to renunciation in this Jain Tamil epic.
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An elephant, a bull, a lion, a garland of flowers.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra

Kundagrama, and a kingdom that grew richer.
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Vardhamana and the serpent in the garden.
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Everything given away.
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Walking, fasting, forgiving.
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A snake calmed by kindness.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Under the sal tree by the Rijuvalika.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Eleven scholars become his students.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
A girl in chains who gave the last handful.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Why Jains light lamps on Diwali night.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
The life, the symbol and the lesson of Rishabhanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Ajitanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Sambhavanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Abhinandananatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Sumatinatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Padmaprabha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Suparshvanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Chandraprabha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Pushpadanta.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Shitalanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Shreyansanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Vasupujya.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Vimalanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Anantanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Dharmanatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Shantinatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Kunthunatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Aranatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Mallinatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Munisuvrata.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Naminatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Neminatha.
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Parshvanatha.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
The life, the symbol and the lesson of Mahavira.
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Two brothers and three contests.
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A year of standing, vines around his legs.
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Fifty-seven feet of stone, bathed every twelve years.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
Why a Jain monk sweeps the ground.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Dharanendra and Padmavati.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
A kingdom where no animal was hurt.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
A rabbit sheltering under an elephant in a forest fire.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Each felt one part of the elephant.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Owning less, playing more.
From the original text · Jain moral tales

If I have hurt you, I am sorry.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Chauvihar.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Eight days of looking inside.
From the original text · Jain moral tales