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 BIBLIOCRAPHY
225 L. S. S. O.' Maley. Census of India, 1911, Vol. 6. City of Calcutta, Pt. I : Report-Calcutta, 1913.
Pp. 23-24. 1,797 Jains-Most of them are Märvāri merchants from Rajputānā.
226 C. T. LLOYD. Census of India, 1921. Vol. 3 : Assam. Pt. I : Report. Shillong, 1923.
P. 56. The Jains-Increase of their number in the decade from 2,500 to 3,500. They are traders from Rājputānā or Western India. Number of Jains by sect : Śvetāmbara
9 Digambara
227 Sthānakvāsi Sect unspecified
3,264
Total
3.503
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W. H. THOMPSON. Census of India, 1921. Vol. 5 : Bengal. 2 Pls. Calcutta, 1923. Pt. 1; Pp. 166-167 and Pt. 2, p. 28. The Jains and their number :
1881 ... ... 1,529. 1891 ...
4,912. 1901
5,232. 1911
6,782. 1921
13,369.
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W. H. THOMPSON. Census of India, 1921. Vol. 6: City of Calcutta. 2 Pts. - Calcutta, 1923.
Pt. I, P. 38; Pt. 2, pp. 7, 11, 18-19. The Jains-- They number 5,678.
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P. C. TALLENTS. Census of India, 1921. Vol. 7 : Bihar and Orissa. 2 Parts, -Patna, 1923.
Pt. 1, Pp. 123-124; Pt. 2, pp. 18, 19, 20, 29, 46. The Jains-Definition of a Jain-The Jains are not all Vaisyas-Many Agarvāls are Jains-The Jains are not a Hindu caste--They deny the authority of the Vedas-- They number 4,610.