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Definition: The Acaranga is a collection of principle Jain texts known as "limbs" (the word anga means "limb"). There are two parts - the first is a group of works dating from the 4th century BCE (if not earlier) and preserve a perspective on early Jain teachings which is different from what has become classical Jain beliefs. The second part is from a later time period, but is regarded as important because it contains a biograpy of Tirthankara Mahavira, the founder of Jainism.
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