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C. D. CHATTERJI-Early life of Chandragupta Maurya. (B. C. Law vol. Part I, Calcutta, 1945. Pp. 590-610).
An essay based on Jaina sources, mainly the Sukhabodha of Devendragani a commentary on the Uttarajjhayana, the first of the four Mülasuttas of the Svetämbara
Siddhanta.
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P. 590. Birth of Chanakya, and prediction by the Jain saints, that the baby would be a king.
P. 590. Chanakya's father Chanaka was Brahman by birth but Jaina by
faith.
P. 591. The fourteen Vijjāṭhānas (branches of knowledge) according to the Jains.
In Jain literatue the term Parivajaka is applied to Brahman and nonBrahman ascetics.
P. 595. Non-Brahman Parivajakas, such as Ajvakas, Nirgranthas, etc. lived in organised religious communities.
There were codes of discipline for each of the classes of ascetics, such as, the Ayaranga for the Jains, etc.
Pp. 595-8. Jain tradition regarding Chandragupta's ancestry.
Pp. 606-7. Date of Mahavira's death.
P. 609. The date of the Paingas-about 100 B.c. at the latest.
P. 609. Representation of Chanakya as a Jain monk Bhattaparinna. (V, 162 Samthara, vv. 73-75).
P. 609. Umåsvämin, disciple of Kunndakunda, belonged to the earlier part of the Ist century A.D.
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N. C. BANERJEE-Text Book of Indian History. Calcutta.
P. 44. Mahavira-a sixth century B.c. religious teacher.
Pp. 49-50. Mahavira born of Kshatriya of Kshatriya family of Kundagrāma near Vaisali (c 540 n.c.). Early life and renunciation discussed.
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