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Created page with "The '''Parishishtaparvan''' ({{IAST3|Pariśiṣṭaparvan}}) also known as the '''Sthaviravalicharitra''' ({{IAST3|Sthavirāvalīcaritra}}) is a 12th-century Sanskrit mahakavya by Hemachandra which details the histories of the earliest Jain teachers. The poem comprises 3,460 verse couplets divided into 13 cantos of unequal length and is also notable for providing information on the political history of ancient India.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=26}}{{sf..."