The Uttaradhyana Sutra prescribes the code of conduct that monks should follow. Whose teachings does it contain?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mahavir
Option (1) Mahavir — Correct. The Uttaradhyana Sutra holds the teachings of Mahavir, which lay down the code of conduct for monks.
Option (2) Adi Shankaracharya — Incorrect. He was a teacher of the Hindu tradition. The Jain texts of this chapter do not hold his teachings.
Option (3) Acharya Kalaka — Incorrect. He is the hero of the Kalakacharyakatha, who sets out to rescue his abducted sister. The Uttaradhyana Sutra does not hold his teachings.
Option (4) Buddha — Incorrect. Buddhist themes belong to the Pala manuscripts of eastern India, not to the Jain texts of western India.
NCERT (2026-27): “Western Indian School of Painting …Other popularly painted texts are Kalakacharyakatha and Sangrahini Sutra, among others. Kalakacharyakatha narrates the story of Acharya Kalaka, who is on a mission to rescue his abducted sister (a Jain nun) from an evil king. …Uttaradhyana Sutra contains the teachings of Mahavir that prescribe the code of conduct that monks should follow and Sangrahini Sutra is a cosmological text composed in the twelfth century that comprises concepts about the structure of the universe and mapping of space.” |