[Solved] With references of Indian history, consider the following texts: Nettipakarana Parishishtaparvan Avadanashataka Trishashtilakshaan Mahapurana Which of the Above are Jains Texts?

Q55) With references of Indian history, consider the following texts:

1. Nettipakarana
2. Parishishtaparvan
3. Avadanashataka
4. Trishashtilakshaan Mahapurana

Which of the Above are Jains Texts?

1. 1,2 and 3
2. 2 and 4 Only
3. 1,3 and 4
4. 2,3 and 4

Answer: 2

• Nettipakarana (The Book of Guidance, which gives a connected account of the Buddha’s teachings). Thus, this text is identified as a Buddhist scripture, sometimes included in the Khuddaka Nikaya of Theravada Buddhism’s Pali Canon​.
• The Nettipakarana is ascribed to the Buddha’s disciple Kaccana .
• Trishashtilakshana Mahapurana: This is a major Jain text composed largely by Acharya Jinasena during the rule of Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha and completed by his pupil Gunabhadra in the 9th century CE​.
• Parishishtaparvan: This text is a 12th-century Sanskrit mahakavya by Hemachandra which details the histories of the earliest Jain teachers​.