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'''Antakrddaaśāh''' is the eighth of the 12 [[Jain]] āgamas said to be promulgated by [[Mahavira|Māhavīra]] himself. Antakrddaaśāh  translated as "Ten Chapters on End-Makers" is said to have been composed by [[Ganadhara]] [[Sudharmaswami]] as per the [[Svetambara|Śvetámbara]] tradition.
'''Antakrddaaśāh''' is the eighth of the 12 [[Jain literature|Jain āgamas]] said to be promulgated by [[Mahavira|Māhavīra]] himself. Antakrddaaśāh  translated as "Ten Chapters on End-Makers" is said to have been composed by [[Ganadhara]] [[Sudharmaswami]] as per the [[Śvetámbara]] tradition.


It contains stories describing those who succeeded in destroying all their [[Karma in Jainism|karmas]] and succeeded in attaining Moksa and putting an end to the re-births.
The Antakrddaaśāh describes individuals whose austerities led them to nirvana.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE6v6ahxHi8C |title=The Jaina Path of Purification |date=1998 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |isbn=978-81-208-1578-0 |language=en}}</ref> It contains stories from the time of [[Neminatha|Nemi]], the twenty-second [[Tirthankara]].<ref name=":0" />
 
The text contains the biographies of ten ascetics in the order of Mahāvīra: [[Nami (Jain monk)|Nami]], [[Mataṅga]], [[Somila]], [[Rāmaputra]], [[Sudarśana]], [[Yamalīka]], [[Valīka]], [[Kiṣkambala]], [[Pala (Jain monk)|Pāla]], and [[Ambaṣṭhaputra]].<ref name="ThatWhichIs">{{cite book |title=That Which Is |first=Nathmal |last=Tatia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rw4RwN9Q1kC |year=1994 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-06-068985-8}}</ref>{{rp|290}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Jain texts]]
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Antakrddaaśāh is the eighth of the 12 Jain āgamas said to be promulgated by Māhavīra himself. Antakrddaaśāh translated as "Ten Chapters on End-Makers" is said to have been composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami as per the Śvetámbara tradition.

The Antakrddaaśāh describes individuals whose austerities led them to nirvana.[1] It contains stories from the time of Nemi, the twenty-second Tirthankara.[1]

The text contains the biographies of ten ascetics in the order of Mahāvīra: Nami, Mataṅga, Somila, Rāmaputra, Sudarśana, Yamalīka, Valīka, Kiṣkambala, Pāla, and Ambaṣṭhaputra.[2]:290

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1998). The Jaina Path of Purification. Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. ISBN 978-81-208-1578-0.
  2. Tatia, Nathmal (1994). That Which Is. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-06-068985-8.