Vipakasruta
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Vipākaśruta is the eleventh of the 12 Jain āgamas as per Śvetámbara
tradition said to be promulgated by Māhavīra
himself and composed by Ganadhara
Sudharmasvami. Vipākaśruta translated as “The Scripture about Ripening” contains stories describing those who experience result about karmas.
These people however simply do not just experience their fruit, but it is explained what they did in the past that brought about the fruit that they experience.
Svetambara
The Śvētāmbara is one of the two main sects of Jainism, the other being the Digambar. Śvētāmbara "white-clad" is a term describing its ascetics' practice of wearing white clothes, which sets it apart from the Digambara "sky-clad" Jainas, whose ascetic practitioners go naked...
tradition said to be promulgated by Māhavīra
Mahavira
Mahāvīra is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamāna who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism. According to Jain tradition, he was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. In Tamil, he is referred to as Arukaṉ or Arukadevan...
himself and composed by Ganadhara
Ganadhara
In Jainism, a Ganadhara "Troupe leader" is a primary disciple of a Tirthankara. All twenty-four Tirthankaras had ganadharas, but the number varied....
Sudharmasvami. Vipākaśruta translated as “The Scripture about Ripening” contains stories describing those who experience result about karmas.
Subject matter of the Agama
It contains 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of bad karma and 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of good karma.These people however simply do not just experience their fruit, but it is explained what they did in the past that brought about the fruit that they experience.