 "Shantipurana" is an important Jain purana, and a eulogy of the 16th Jain Tirthankara, Shantinatha Swami.It was written to commomorate the attainment of "nirvana" ("salvation") of a Jain guru called Jainachandra Deva.The writing comprises twelve sections ("ashwasas") of which nine sections focus on Shantinatha's eleven previous births, and the remaining three sections give biographical details of the protagonist.