Prophetic text
Antagaḍa-dasāo (Fortunes of End-winners)
Śvetāmbara Jain scripture; dialogue attributed to Ariṭṭhanemī (Nemi)
A Śvetāmbara Jain scripture narrating people who end the cycle of rebirth. Its fifth chapter reports Nemi’s prediction of Krishna’s death, rebirth and eventual appearance as a future Tirthankara.
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Edition and location
L. D. Barnett, The Antagaḍa-dasāo and Aṇuttarovavāiya-dasāo, Oriental Translation Fund, New Series XVII (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1907). Antagaḍa-dasāo, fifth chapter, first lesson, printed pp.81–82. The question about death and both answers are reproduced as a continuous unit, ending at “thou shalt be beatified.” Visually collated against the University of Toronto scan. Printed diacritics and existing ellipses retained; line-end hyphenation joined, whitespace and quotation glyphs normalized, typography flattened. Footnote callouts removed and relevant footnotes placed in attributed margin notes.
Fifth chapter, first lesson, pp.81–82