Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
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

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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CHANDRA, Ramaprasad.--Medieval Sculpture in Eastern India. (JDL, iii, 1920, Pp. 225-246).
The Pali suttas confirm good deal of what is contained in the Svetambara Jain canon. The ancient Jain sculptures of Mathura dating from the first century A.D. guarantee the antiquity and authenticity of many of the Jain tradition. It is generally believed that there were Jain monks before Mahavira belonging to the order founded by Pärivanätha. Nature of Chaityas mentioned in the ancient Bauddha and Jain texts. Jain description of a chaitya given in full in the Aupapatika Sutra.
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B. C. BHATTACHARYA-Indian images, Culcutta, 1921.
Pp. vii-viii-Jains call themselves Hindus-intermarriage prevails among Jains and the Vaisnavas.
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DED, Harit Krishna.-The Svastika and the Onkara. (JPASB, xvii, 1921, Pp. 231-244).
P. 232. The Svastika has long been a favourite emblem with the Jains whose traditions represent it as having been the special sign of Supärsvanatha, a Tirthankar who is said to have flourished considerably anterior to the period of Mahavira (died 523 n.c.).
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CHANDRA, Ramaprasad.-Four ancient Yakşa Pp. 47-74).
Pp. 51-52. Prakrit canon of the Jains makes it evident that Yaksa Manibhadra was a popular diety in Eastern India.
texts.
The Jains recognize Soma Yama, Varuna and Vaisraman (Vaisravana. Kubera) as the four Lokapalas or the guardian deities of the four cardinal points.
Agreements of the Brahmanas, the Buddhas, and the Jainas in recognising Manibhadra or Manibhadras as a Taksa.
Pp. 81-82. Names of some of the Chaityas mentioned in the Bauddha and Jain.
(JDL, iv, 1921,