Multiple choice

Who wrote the Kalpasutra?

  1. Gopala

  2. Bhadrabahu

  3. Gosala

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Kalpa Sūtra is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira, including the latter's Nirvāṇa. Bhadrabahu I is considered the author of the text and it is traditionally said to have been composed about one hundred and fifty years after the Nirvāṇa of Mahavira (traditionally 599 – 527 BCE).

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