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Antakrddaaśāh is the eighth of the 12Jain āgamas said to be promulgated byMāhavīra himself. Antakrddaaśāh translated as "Ten Chapters on End-Makers" is said to have been composed byGanadharaSudharmaswami as per theŚvetámbara tradition.
The Antakrddaaśāh describes individuals whose austerities led them to nirvana.[1] It contains stories from the time ofNemi, the twenty-secondTirthankara.[1]
The text contains the biographies of ten ascetics in the order of Mahāvīra:Nami,Mataṅga,Somila,Rāmaputra,Sudarśana,Yamalīka,Valīka,Kiṣkambala,Pāla, andAmbaṣṭhaputra.[2]: 290