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{{Infobox religious text<br />
| image = File:Aadipuran.jpg<br />
| alt = Adipurana<br />
| caption = Ādi purāṇa<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
| author = [[Jinasena]]<br />
| language = [[Sanskrit]]<br />
| period = 9th century<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Ādi purāṇa''' is a 9th century Sanskrit poem composed by [[Jinasena]], a [[Digambara monk]]. It deals with the life of [[Rishabhanatha]], the first ''[[Tirthankara]]''.<br />
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==History==<br />
Adi Purana was composed by [[Jinasena]] (a [[Digambara monk]]) as a [[Sanskrit]] poem praising the life of first ''[[Tirthankara]]'', Rishabhanatha. According to Jain tradition, it was composed in 9th century CE.{{sfn|Granoff|1993|p=208}}{{sfn|Caillat|Balbir|2008|p=122}}{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=26}}{{sfn|Jaini|1998|p=78}}<br />
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==Content==<br />
The work focusses in his own unique style the pilgrimage of a soul to perfection and attainment of ''mukti''. In the work, the struggle for power and control over the entire world of two brothers [[Bharata Chakravartin|Bharata]] and [[Bahubali]], sons of Rishabhadeva. While Bahubali wins, he renounces the worldly pursuits in favor of his brother. Many Jaina [[Puranas]] of the Middle Ages found a role model in this work.<br />
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===Famous quote===<br />
A famous quote from Adi Purana is- {{cquote|By birth are all men equal unto one another; but they differ in respect of the progress they might make on the spiritual path.{{sfn|Jain|2008|p=111}}}}<br />
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== Kannada version ==<br />
A 10th-century [[Kannada]] text written in ''[[Champu]]'' style, a mix of prose and verse, dealing with the ten lives of the first [[tirthankara]], Adinatha in sixteen cantos. This work is known to be the first work of [[Kannada]] poet [[Adikavi Pampa]] (941 CE).{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=29}} It is based on the original Sanskrit version by [[Jinasena]] acharya.<br />
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A court poet of [[Chalukyas of Vemulavada|Chalukya]] king [[Arikesari II]], a [[Rashtrakuta]] feudatory, he is most known for his epics, ''[[Vikramarjuna Vijaya]]'' (Pampa Bharata) and ''Adipurana'', both written in ''[[Champu]]'' style, which he created and served as the model for all future works in the Kannada. The works of Jain writers Adikavi Pampa, Sri Ponna and Ranna, collectively called the "three gems of [[Kannada literature]]", heralded the age of classical Kannada in the 10th century, the [[Medieval Kannada literature]].<ref>{{citation |title=Students' Britannica India |volume=1-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AE_LIg9G5CgC&pg=PA78 |publisher=[[Popular Prakashan]] |isbn=0-85229-760-2 |p=78 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Mahapurana (Jainism)]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{citation |author-link=Champat Rai Jain |title=Risabha Deva - The Founder of Jainism |chapter= XI: Bahubali |last=Jain |first=Champat Rai |publisher=Bhagwan Rishabhdeo Granth Mala |date=2008 |isbn= 978-8177720228 }}<br />
* {{citation |title=Jaina Studies: Volume 9 of Papers of the XIIth World Sanskrit Conference, held in Helsinki, Finland (13 - 18 July, 2003) |last=Caillat |first=Colette |last2=Balbir |first2=Nalini |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publisher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecKCrO6nLiAC&pg=PA122 |date=2008 |isbn=9788120832473 }}<br />
* {{citation |title=Adipurana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwP0Wev3M4QC |volume=2 |date=2007 |publisher=Bhāratīya Jñānapīṭha |isbn=978-81-263-0922-1 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Granoff |first=Phyllis |author-link=Phyllis Granoff |title=The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jaina Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Po9tUNX0SYAC |date=1993 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |orig-year=1990 |isbn=81-208-1150-X }}<br />
* {{citation |title=Adipurana |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZC9FRb5kmoC |publisher=Bhartiya Jnanpith |isbn=978-81-263-1604-5 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |author-link=Padmanabh Jaini |title=The Jaina Path of Purification |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE6v6ahxHi8C |date=1998 |orig-year=1979 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |location=[[Delhi]] |isbn=81-208-1578-5 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Singh |first=Upinder |author-link=Upinder Singh |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Pearson Education]] |date=2016 |isbn=978-93-325-6996-6 |ref={{sfnref|Upinder Singh|2016}} }}<br />
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