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The birthday of the twenty-fourth Jina.
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Jain Stories
Browse Jain stories by their named collections, from Mahavira and the Tirthankaras to ahimsa tales and literary works. Keep a biographical telling, a festival introduction and a literary narrative distinct when choosing a family reading.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 52
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Jain Stories
Browse Jain stories by their named collections, from Mahavira and the Tirthankaras to ahimsa tales and literary works. Keep a biographical telling, a festival introduction and a literary narrative distinct when choosing a family reading.
- Series
- 7
- Books
- 52
- Published
- 0
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Mahavira
The life of the twenty-fourth Tirthankara from the Kalpa Sutra.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 10
The Twenty-four Tirthankaras
One book each.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 24
Bahubali
The brother who stood still.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 3
Series · 7
Ahimsa Tales
Compassion in small hands.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 10
Paryushana and Mahavir Jayanti
Why we forgive, why we fast.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 5
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.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 0
Jivaka Chintamani (Civaka Cintamani) Prince Jivaka’s accomplishments, romances and royal adventures lead eventually to renunciation in this Jain Tamil epic.
Published: 0 · In catalogue: 0
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Reading this collection together
- Start with one episode
- Choose one published selection and check the age preview. For an unfamiliar term, use the edition’s explanation rather than substituting a term from another tradition.
- What to notice
- Read within the tradition named by the source. Similar words or themes do not make two accounts interchangeable.
- A question to share
- Which choice in the reading made you pause? Discuss that moment without turning the conversation into a test of a child’s beliefs.