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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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A. M. Ghatage-The Sūtrakstāgña Niryukti. I.H.Q. Vol. XII, 1936.
P. 270.
The subject matter of Niryukti described.
P. 271. SutrakȚlanga Niryukti comprising of 205 Gathās-not later than 1st century A.D.
Pp. 272-73. Relation of Niryukti to others explained.
as authors
of Sūtrakstānga Niryukti.
Contents
P. 274. Ganadharas-held explained.
P. 274. Four kinds of sūtras viz. Samjñā-sutra, Sangraha-sūtra, Vstta, an Fatinibaddha explained together with sub-divisions.
Pp. 275-280. The Gist of the chapters of Sülrakstānga Niryukti and Gathā explained.
P. 280. The story of Ardraka and his conversion of 500 robbers to Jainism narrated.
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N. Roy-History of Sanskrit literature.
Calcutta.
Pp. 2-3. Two dialects used by Jains in sacred writings-Ardha-Māgadhi and the Jaina Mahārāștri.
P. 56. Parišişta-parvan of Hemachandra-an example of Katha literature.
P. 60. Jain rommance Yasastilaka of Soma deva, written in A.D. 959 in the reign of Rashtrakūta Krishna.
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V.R.R. DIKSHITAR-Studies in Tanil Literature and History, (Madras, 1936).
Pp. 136-7. The problematical reference of Valluvar the Tamil classical author being a Jain. The epithets Malarmiśai Yehinan, aindavittan aravāļiyantanan denote Arhat and the philosophical ideas of the arhats. Indra-worship common to Hindu sects including Buddhism and Jainism.
Abimsā not the exclusive doctrine of the Jainas-a fundamental doctrine of the Upanişada and the philosophical sections of the Vedic literature,
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