Consider the following 1 Ashokavadana 2 Uttaradhyayana Sutra 3 Parishishtaparvan 4 Nettipakaran...........

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Consider the following

1. Ashokavadana

2. Uttaradhyayana Sutra

3. Parishishtaparvan

4. Nettipakarana

How many of the given above are Buddhist texts?

Only One

Only Two

Only Three

All Four

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Explanation:

Ashokavadana: This is one of the avadanas of the Divyavadana, a collection of Buddhist stories. It primarily describes the life and times of Emperor Ashoka from a Buddhist perspective.

Uttaradhyayana Sutra: This text belongs to Jainism. It's one of the most important scriptures for Jains and deals with the teachings of Lord Mahavira.

Parishishtaparvan: This is a Jain text by Hemachandra. It chronicles the history of Jain tirthankaras and also provides a history of the Mauryan dynasty.

Nettipakarana: This is a Theravada Buddhist scripture, one of the so-called "extra-canonical" texts, which provides an exposition of the terms used in the Buddhist doctrinal texts.

From the above, only Ashokavadana and Nettipakarana are Buddhist texts. Hence, the correct combination is 1 and 4 only