Kalpa sutra as a historical source

Abstract

The Kalpa sutra is the canonical text of the Shwetambara and one of the most famous, most fundamental Jain sacred texts written in the form of hymns. Jainism itself is a religious and ethical doctrine, namely the ancient Indian dharmic religion formed in the middle of the first millennium B.C. The relevance of this work lies in the fact that Kalpasutra is traditionally considered as a work of fiction, and not as a source, which is, in the view of the author of this work, fundamentally wrong