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Upāsakadaśāh is the seventh of the 12 Jain Angas said to be promulgated by Māhavīra himself. Upāsakadaśāh translated as "Ten Chapters on Lay Attenders" is said to have been composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami as per the Śvetāmbara tradition.

Subject matter

The Upāsakadaśāh describes the duties of lay Jain. It details their prescribed observances, various types of temptations they may face, and what a successful life might look like.

English translations

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Popular English Translations are  :- Illustrated SRI UPASAKADASA SUTRA Prakrit Gatha - Hindi exposition - English exposition and Appendices Ed. by Pravartaka Amar Muni, Shrichand Surana, Eng. tr. by Surendra Bothra

Bibliography

• Upāsakadaśāḥ, text and trans. in Hoernlé, A. F. R. (1890). The Uvāsagadasāo or the Religious Experience of an Uvāsaga. Calcutta.

References

1. Pruthi, Raj (2004). Jainism and Indian Civilization. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-81-7141-796-4.

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Śvetāmbara Canonical Texts	Angāgama Ācārāṅga Sūtra Sutrakritanga Sthananga Sutra Samavayanga Sutra Vyākhyāprajñapti Jnatrdharmakathah Upasakadasah Antakrddaasah Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh Prasnavyakaranani Vipakasutra Drstivada (now extinct) Upanga āgamas Aupapatika Rājapraśnīya Jīvājīvābhigama Prajñāpana Sūryaprajñapti Jambūdvīpaprajñapti Candraprajñapti Nirayārvalī Kalpāvatamsikāh Puṣpikāh Puṣpacūlikāh Vrasnidaśāh Chedasūtra Ācāradaśāh Brhatkalpa Vyavahāra Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā Samstāraka Tandulavaicarika Candravedhyāka Devendrastava Ganividyā Mahāpratyākhyanā Vīrastava Cūlikasūtra Nandī-sūtra Anuyogadvāra-sūtra Others Uvasaggaharam Stotra Bhaktamara Stotra Namokar Mantra Ratnakar Pachisi Bruhad Shanti Stotra
Digambara Texts	Agamas Satkhandagama Kasayapahuda Pratham -ānuyoga Mahapurana Ādi purāṇa Uttarapurana Harivamsa Purana Carnānuyoga Mulachara Trivarnācāra Tattvartha Sutra † Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya Karnánuyoga Gommatsāra Sūryaprajñapti Jayadhavalātikā Tiloya Panatti Lokavibhaga Dravyānuyoga Niyamasara Pancastikayasara Pravachanasara Samayasāra Aptamimamsa Dravyasamgraha Jnanarnava Commentary Sarvārthasiddhi (commentary on Tattvārthasūtra) Others Siribhoovalaya Bhaktamara Stotra Jinvani Namokar Mantra
† Tattvartha Sutra is accepted by both Digambara and Śvetāmbara as their texts, although Śvetāmbaras do not include it under canonical texts.

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