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==Subject matter of the Agama==
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It contains 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of bad karma and 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of good karma.
It contains 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of bad karma and 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of good karma.{{cn}} These people however simply do not just experience their fruit, but it is explained what they did in the past that brought about the fruit that they experience.{{cn}} The text mentions about the [[Rohtak]] city of [[Haryana]].{{sfn|Vyas|1995|p=67}}

These people however simply do not just experience their fruit, but it is explained what they did in the past that brought about the fruit that they experience.


==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{citation |editor-last=Vyas |editor-first=Dr. R. T. |author-link=R.T. Vyas |url={{Google books|fETebHcHKogC|plainurl=yes}} |title=Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects |publisher=The Director, Oriental Institute, on behalf of the Registrar, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara |year=1995 |isbn=81-7017-316-7 }}





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Vipakasutra
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ReligionJainism

Vipākaśruta is the eleventh of the 12 Jain āgamas as per Śvetámbara tradition said to be promulgated by Māhavīra himself and composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami. Vipākaśruta translated as “The Scripture about Ripening” contains stories describing those who experience result about karmas.


Subject matter of the Agama

It contains 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of bad karma and 10 stories of people who experience the fruit of good karma.[citation needed] These people however simply do not just experience their fruit, but it is explained what they did in the past that brought about the fruit that they experience.[citation needed] The text mentions about the Rohtak city of Haryana.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Vyas 1995, p. 67.

Sources

  • Vyas, Dr. R. T., ed. (1995), Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects, The Director, Oriental Institute, on behalf of the Registrar, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, ISBN 81-7017-316-7