Antakrddaasah

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Antakrddaaśāh is the eighth of the 12 Jain āgamas said to be promulgated by Māhavīra himself. Antakrddaaśāh translated as "Ten Chapters on End-Makers" is said to have been composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami as per the Śvetámbara tradition.

The Antakrddaaśāh describes individuals whose austerities led them to nirvana.{{Cite book |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE6v6ahxHi8C |title=The Jaina Path of Purification |date=1998 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |isbn=978-81-208-1578-0 |language=en}} It contains stories from the time of Nemi, the twenty-second Tirthankara.

The text contains the biographies of ten ascetics in the order of Mahāvīra: Nami, Mataṅga, Somila, Rāmaputra, Sudarśana, Yamalīka, Valīka, Kiṣkambala, Pāla, and Ambaṣṭhaputra.{{cite book |title=That Which Is |first=Nathmal |last=Tatia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rw4RwN9Q1kC |year=1994 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-06-068985-8}}{{rp|290}}