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Shatkhandagama
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The Shatkhandagama, attributed to the ancient Digambara Jain teachers Pushpadanta and Bhutabali, is a primary source of the first order, one of the oldest and most important canonical texts of Digambara Jainism, systematically treating karma theory and the soul's states of bondage across its six sections. As the tradition's own foundational scriptural text, it carries direct doctrinal authority within Digambara Jain practice and study, where it remains a subject of ongoing traditional commentary. Its precise date and the historical circumstances of its composition and transmission before being committed to writing centuries later are matters of traditional account rather than independently documented history, a limitation shared by most ancient Indian canonical texts whose oral transmission long preceded manuscript recording.
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The Shatkhandagama, attributed to the ancient Digambara Jain teachers Pushpadanta and Bhutabali, is a primary canonical text of Digambara Jainism, treated at the top tier as the actual scripture for what the tradition holds. NotesThe earliest surviving Digambara text, held by that tradition to preserve fragments of a canon it regards as otherwise lost.
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AuthorPushpadanta and Bhutabali
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Digambara directly: "attributed to the ancient Digambara Jain teachers Pushpadanta and Bhutabali, is a primary source of the first order, one of the oldest and most important canonical texts of Digambara Jainism..."
This source names Pushpadanta directly: "to the ancient Digambara Jain teachers Pushpadanta and Bhutabali, is a primary source of the first order, one of the oldest and most important canonical texts of Digambara Jainism, systematically..."
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This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Scriptures & Texts, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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