Jaina Bibliography Part 2

SR No.: 016036
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 900
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 15 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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P. 274. In the most ancient texts where the name of Kalki(n) can be found, that is to say, in Jaina literature, Kalki(n) is a nefarious being.
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A. GHOSH--The Law of Endowments. Calcutta, 1938.
P. 1095. The Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act. For the purposes of this Act, Hindu Public religious endowments do not include Jain religious endowments.
The local Government may, by notification, extend to Jain religious endowments the provision of this Act, and may declare such extension to be subject to such restrictions and modifications as they think fit.
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Dhirendra Nath Ror-The Spirit of Indian Civilization. Calcutta, 1938.
P. 99. The Jainas and Buddhists are equally proud of their non-theistic principles of ethics.
P. 222. India was not Hellenised and forgot the passing of the Macedonian storm. No Indian author, Hindu, Buddhist or Jaina makes even the faintest allusion to Alexander or his deeds.
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A.S. ALTEKAR-The position of women in Hindu civilization, Benares 1938. (Culture Publication House, Hindu University).
P. 15. Jaina lady philosophers remained unmarried, for example Jayanti, daughter of king Sahasranika of Kausambi, she met Mahāvira and became a nun (Bhagavatisītra, Gujrati ed. III, p. 257).
P. 38. Maidens entering Jaina orders sometimes unable to live up to high ideals.
P. 153. Two cases of Sati among Jainas in Southern India, during the medieval period. (E.C. VIII, Sorab Nos. 106, 261 dated 1376 and 1408 respectively).
P. 190. Jaina nuns used to be shaved.
P. 212. Women were admitted into Jainism and were allowed to preach.