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'''Antakrddaaśāh''' is the eighth of the 12 [[Jain literature|Jain āgamas]] said to be promulgated by [[Mahavira|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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> It contains stories from the time of [[Neminatha|Nemi]], the twenty-second [[Tirthankara]].<ref name=":0" />

The text contains the biographies of ten ascetics in the order of Mahāvīra: [[Nami (Jain monk)|Nami]], [[Mataṅga]], [[Somila]], [[Rāmaputra]], [[Sudarśana]], [[Yamalīka]], [[Valīka]], [[Kiṣkambala]], [[Pala (Jain monk)|Pāla]], and [[Ambaṣṭhaputra]].<ref name="ThatWhichIs">{{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}}</ref>{{rp|290}}

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