Nishitha

The Niśītha Sūtra (Prakrit:Nisīha Sutta) is a Jaina Svetambara canonical text in Prakrit. This text is one of the six Chedasūtras. The text consists of twenty chapters. It prescribes some rules pertaining to monastic life. Punishments for various transgressions are also prescribed in it. Certain exceptions to the general rules also find place therein.^[1]

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Jain Scriptures Fourteen Purvas (The Prior Knowledge – considered totally lost) Śvētāmbara Canonical Texts Angāgama Acharanga Sutra Sutrakritanga Sthananga Sutra Samavayanga Sutra Vyākhyāprajñapti Jnatrdharmakathah Upasakadasah Antakrddaasah Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh Prasnavyakaranani Vipakasruta Drstivada (now extinct) Upanga āgamas Aupapatika Rājapraśnīya Jīvājīvābhigama Prajñāpana Sūryaprajñapti Jambūdvīpaprajñapti Candraprajñapti Nirayārvalī Kalpāvatamsikāh Puspikāh Puspacūlikāh Vrasnidaśāh Chedasūtra Ācāradaśāh Brhatkalpa Vyavahāra Nishitha Mahāniśītha Jītakalpa Kalpa Sūtra Mūlasūtra Daśavaikālika Uttaradhyayana Āvaśyaka Pindaniryukyti Prakīrnaka sūtra Catuhśarana Āturapratyākhyanā Bhaktaparijñā Samstāraka Tandulavaicarika Candravedhyāka Devendrastava Ganividyā Mahāpratyākhyanā Vīrastava Cūlikasūtra Nandī-sūtra Anuyogadvāra-sūtra Digambara Texts Agamas Satkhandagama Kasayaprabhrta Pratham -ānuyoga Harivamsa Purana Ādi purāṇa Mahapurana Carnānuyoga Mulachara Trivarnācāra Tattvartha Sutra (Note1) Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra Puruşārthasiddhyupāya Karnánuyoga Gommatsāra Sūryaprajñapti Jayadhavalātikā Tiloya Panatti Dravyānuyoga Niyamasara Pancastikayasara Pravachanasara Samayasāra Aptamimamsa Dravyasamgraha Jnanarnava Commentary Commentary on Tattvartha Sutra and Aptmimamsa Others Siribhoovalaya Tattvartha Sutra is accepted by both Digambara and Śvetāmbara as their texts although Śvetāmbaras do not include it under canonical texts.