What does the Kalpasutra section narrate regarding the lives of the 24 Tirthankaras?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4: Biographical narrative from birth to salvation
The Kalpasutra section narrates a biographical narrative of the 24 Tirthankaras from their births to salvation.
Among the most widely illustrated canonical text in the Jain tradition is Kalpasutra. It has a section, reciting events from the lives of the 24 Tirthankaras — from their births to salvation — that provides a biographical narrative for artists to paint. The five key incidents roughly elaborated as — conception, birth, renunciation, enlightenment and first sermon, and salvation from the lives of Tirthankaras and events leading to and around these — comprise most part of the Kalpasutra.