Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh is the ninth of the 12
Jain angas
Jain literature () refers to the literature of the Jain religion. It is a vast and ancient literary tradition, which was initially transmitted orally. The oldest surviving material is contained in the canonical ''Jain Agamas'', which are wri ...
said to be promulgated by
Māhavīra himself. Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh translated as "Ten Chapters about the arisers in the Highest Heavens" is said to have been composed by
Ganadhara
In Jainism, the term Ganadhara is used to refer the chief disciple of a ''Tirthankara''. In '' samavasarana'', the ''Tīrthankara'' sat on a throne without touching it (about two inches above it). Around, the ''Tīrthankara'' sits the ''Gana ...
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
Śvetámbara tradition.
Content
Within the
Jain scriptures, the Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh is a key text that recounts the legends of monks performing extreme austerities. It deals with those who have succeeded in attaining rebirth in the highest heavens.
The text contains the biographies of ten ascetics in the order of Mahāvīra:
Ṛṣidāsa,
Vānya,
Sunakṣatra,
Kārtika,
Nanda,
Nandana,
Śālibhadra,
Abhaya,
Vāriṣeṇa, and
Cilātaputra.
English translations
Popular English translations are:
*Illustrated SRI ANUTTARAUPAPATIKADASA SUTRA Prakrit Gatha - Hindi exposition - English exposition and Appendices Ed. by Pravartaka Amar Muni, Shrichand Surana Saras, Eng. tr. by Surendra Bothra
References
Jain texts
Agamas
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