''Jnātadhārmakathāh'' is the sixth of the 12
Jain Angas said to be promulgated by
Māhavīra himself. Jnātadhārmakathāh translated as "Stories of Knowledge and Righteousness" is said to have been composed by
Ganadhara Sudharmaswami
Sudharmaswami ( or Sudharman; 607 BC – 507 BC) was the fifth ganadhara of Mahavira. All the current Jain acharyas and monks follow his rule.
Life
Sudharmaswami was the spiritual successor of Indrabhuti Gautama in religious order reorganise ...
as per the
Śvetāmbara
The Śvetāmbara (; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. ''Śvetāmbara'' in Sanskrit means "white-clad", and refers to its ascetics' practi ...
tradition.
Subject matter of the Agama
It contains a series of narratives, from which morals about results of following the religious path are drawn. The Eighth Chapter gives the story of Lady
Mallinatha the nineteenth Tirthankara, or according to the Digambara Jain, Lord Mallinatha.
English translations
Popular English Translations are :-
Illustrated SRI JNATADHARMAKATHANGA SUTRA in 2 volumes Prakrit Gatha - Hindi exposition - English exposition and Appendices Ed. by Pravartaka Amar Muni, Shrichand Surana Saras, Eng. tr. by Surendra Bothra
References
*''Jñātādharmakathāḥ'', in Pupphabhikkhū (ed.), ''Suttāgame'', vol. 1, Gurgaon, 1953.
Jain texts
Agamas
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