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Jain literature and Sanskrit

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Difference between Jain literature and Sanskrit

Jain literature vs. Sanskrit

Jain literature comprises Jain Agamas and subsequent commentaries on them by various Jain asectics. Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

Similarities between Jain literature and Sanskrit

Jain literature and Sanskrit have 13 things in common (in Unionpedia): English language, Hindi, Jain Agamas, Jainism, Kannada, London, Mahabharata, Malayalam, Marathi language, Prakrit, Ramayana, Tattvartha Sutra, The Asiatic Society.

English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Hindi

Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST: Hindī), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language.

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Jain Agamas

Agamas are texts of Jainism based on the discourses of the tirthankara.

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Jainism

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by significant linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa and abroad.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken across the Indian state of Kerala by the Malayali people and it is one of 22 scheduled languages of India.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra, India.

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Prakrit

The Prakrits (प्राकृत; pāuda; pāua) are any of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages formerly spoken in India.

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Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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Tattvartha Sutra

Tattvartha Sutra (also known as Tattvarth-adhigama-sutra) is an ancient Jain text written by Acharya Umaswami, sometime between the 2nd- and 5th-century AD.

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The Asiatic Society

The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir William Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.

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Jain literature and Sanskrit Comparison

Jain literature has 82 relations, while Sanskrit has 348. As they have in common 13, the Jaccard index is 3.02% = 13 / (82 + 348).

References

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