Uttarapurana

Uttarapurana
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Religion	Jainism
Author	Gunabhadra
Period	9th century CE

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Uttarapurāṇa is a Jain text composed by Acharya Gunabhadra in the 9th century CE.^[1] According to the Digambara Uttarapurana text, Mahavira was born in Kundpur in the Kingdom of the Videhas.^[2]

The narration in Uttarapurana continues the account in Mahapurana, written by Acharya Jinasena and completed by Gunabhadra.

• Jain, Pannalal (2015), Uttarapurāṇa of Āchārya Guṇabhadra, Bhartiya Jnanpith, ISBN 978-81-263-1738-7
• Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1998) [1979], The Jaina Path of Purification, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-1578-5

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