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The Shakta Agamas deploy Shiva and Shakti, and a unified view as the foundation for spiritual knowledge. The Shakta Agamas are commonly known as Tantras, [8] [9] and they are imbued with reverence for the feminine, representing goddess as the focus and treating the female as equal and essential part of the cosmic existence. [39]
The Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the foremost and oldest Jain text (First book c. 5th–4th century BCE; Second book c. Late 4th–2nd century BCE), [1] is the first of the twelve Angas, part of the agamas which were compiled based on the teachings of 24th Tirthankara Mahavira.
Jain Prakrit is a term loosely used for the language of the Jain Agamas (canonical texts). The books of Jainism were written in the popular vernacular dialects (as opposed to Sanskrit ), and therefore encompass a number of related dialects.
Tantra are mainly two types: Agama and Nigama. Agamas are those texts in which Goddess asked questions and the God replied. In Nigama texts, God asked questions and Goddess replied. This dialogue between God and Goddess is special feature of Hindu Tantra.
Mahā Rāhulovāda Sutta M 62: The Greater Discourse on the Advice to Rāhula (PDF), translated by Piya Tan, 2010 [2003] [permanent dead link ] "Greater Discourse on an Exhortation to Rahula". The Collection of the Middle Length Sayings: (Majjhimanikāya). Translated by Horner, Isaline Blew. Pali Text Society. 1954. pp. 91ff. (Alternate URL)
This agama describes nonviolence, Jain metaphysics, and the refutation of other religious theories such as Kriyavada, Akriyavada, Ajnanavada, and Vinayavada.
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Hinduism is an ancient religion, with denominations such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, among others. [1] [2] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy.