Ādi purāṇa
Ādi purāṇa
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Religion	Jainism
Author	Jinasena
Language	Sanskrit
Period	9th century CE

Ādi purāṇa is a 9th-century CE Sanskrit poem composed byJinasena, aDigambara monk. It deals with the life ofRishabhanatha, the firstTirthankara.

Adi Purana was composed byJinasena (aDigambara monk) as aSanskrit poem praising the life of firstTirthankara, Rishabhanatha. According to Jain tradition, it was composed in 9th century CE.^[1][2][3][4]

The work focusses in his own unique style the pilgrimage of a soul to perfection and attainment ofmukti. In the work, the struggle for power and control over the entire world of two brothersBharata andBahubali, sons of Rishabhadeva. While Bahubali wins, he renounces the worldly pursuits in favor of his brother. Many JainaPuranas of the Middle Ages found a role model in this work.

A famous quote from Adi Purana is-

By birth are all men equal unto one another; but they differ in respect of the progress they might make on the spiritual path.^[5]

A 10th-centuryKannada text written inChampu style, a mix of prose and verse, dealing with the ten lives of the firsttirthankara, Adinatha in sixteen cantos. This work is known to be the first work ofKannada poetAdikavi Pampa (941 CE).^[6] It is based on the original Sanskrit version byJinasena acharya.

A court poet ofChalukya kingArikesari II, aRashtrakuta feudatory, he is most known for his epics,Vikramarjuna Vijaya (Pampa Bharata) andAdipurana, both written inChampu style, which he created and served as the model for all future works in the Kannada. The works of Jain writers Adikavi Pampa, Sri Ponna and Ranna, collectively called the "three gems ofKannada literature", heralded the age of classical Kannada in the 10th century, theMedieval Kannada literature.^[7]

• Mahapurana (Jainism)

• Jinasena.Ādipurāṇa, ed. Pannalal Jain, 2 vols., Kashi, 1964 and 1965.

• Jain, Champat Rai (2008), "XI: Bahubali",Risabha Deva - The Founder of Jainism, Bhagwan Rishabhdeo Granth Mala,ISBN 978-8177720228
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• Adipurana, vol. 2, Bhāratīya Jñānapīṭha, 2007,ISBN 978-81-263-0922-1
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• Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1998) [1979],The Jaina Path of Purification,Delhi:Motilal Banarsidass,ISBN 81-208-1578-5
• Singh, Upinder (2016),A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century,Pearson Education,ISBN 978-93-325-6996-6

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• Epic poems in Sanskrit
• Kannada literature
• 10th-century books
• 9th-century Sanskrit literature

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