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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
The eleven categories of adepts of the Jainism in the province of Mysore.
The eight places of Digambara teaching.
The eight principal differences which separate the Diganbaras from the Svetāmbaras.
Iconography study.
This very interesting study of Digambara iconography, illustrated by four plates besides text, comprises three sections :
I, Yakşas or Yaksinis : Description of the secondary divinities who usually accompany each Tirthankara.
2. Brahmanical divinities : Sarasvati, Brahmayakşa, Indra and Indrāni, the Navagrahas etc.
symbols : Omkara, Harimkara,
Siddhacakra
Pancatirtha
and
3. Different Couvisvata.
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Jagamander Lal JAINI.--Some Notes on Digambra Jaina Iconography. (Indian Antiquary, vol. XXXIII, Pp. 330-332). Bombay, 1904.
Complementary and rectifying to the treatise on M. J. BURGESS, "Digambara Faina Iconography''.
1. The division of the Khandarwāls in Vispanthis and Therapanthis is special to the Digambaras. The Vispanthis pray being seated, and the Therāpanthis standing. However the Bhattarakas who form a special group among Therapanthis pray in a sitting posture.
2. "The custom of washing the statues in tne Digambara temples,
3. The "eleven degrees' represent the stages (pratimas) that a Jain adept may go through since the imitiation, that is to say the simple belief in the Jain creed, up to the renouncement of the world. Enumeration and definition of these eleven stages.
4. Remarks on two of the principal differences between the Svetāmbaras and the Digambaras.
5-6. Notes on the attitudes of the Yakşas and the raksinis.
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| SR No. | 016035 |
| Book Title | Jaina Bibliography Part 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | A N Upadhye |
| Publisher | Veer Seva Mandir Trust |
| Publication Year | 1982 |
| Total Pages | 1070 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Dictionary & Dictionary |
| File Size | 17 MB |