| Sanskrit: | Uttarādhyayana Sūtra |
one of the most important sacred text of the Jainas[1], is the first of four Mūla Sutras of the Śvetambara canon. It is divided into 36 chapters and written in Ardhamāgadhi Prākṛt. Each chapter treats different aspects of Jaina doctrine and discipline and is composed like a sermon. Of all the bequeathed sources the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra is one of the oldest and from an orthodox point of view it contains the words of Mahāvīra (excepting the eighth chapter, which is ascribed to Kapila). The ninth chapter contains the popular lay of King Nami, who corresponds to an ideal Jaina king.[2] The preserved illustrated manuscripts of the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra enclose some of the masterpieces of Jaina miniature painting.[3]
King Nami renounces the world, c. 1490 CE[4]
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| Title: | Uttarādhyayana Sūtra | |
| Author: | Ganadhar Sudharmaswami | |
| Translated: | Hermann Jacobi (1895) from Prakrit | |
| Language: | English | |
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| Paperback Edition | 230 pages, 1 edition (July 22, 2015) | |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | |
| Distributor: | amazon.com | |
English translation of the text by Hermann Jacobi (1895). "The Uttarādhyayana Sūtra". The Jaina Sutras, Part II, Translated from Prakrit. Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 45. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Repr. 1968, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass).
A German translation of this text was made by Wofgang Morgenroth (1979): Die Bekehrung des Königs Nami. Legenden Uttaradhyayana Sutra; mit Miniaturen aus einer Jaina Handschrift (Hrsg. und aus dem Prakrit übertr. von Wolfgang Morgenroth). Leipzig: Kiepenheuer.
See W. Norman Brown (1941). Manuscript Illustrations of the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra. New Haven: American Oriental Society.