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 Sudharmaswami. 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.
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Tattvartha Sutra is accepted by both Digambara and Śvetāmbara as their texts although Śvetāmbaras do not include it under canonical texts. | ||
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