Jains Through Time

SR No.: 006591
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shilapi Sadhvi
Publisher: Veerayatan
Total Pages: 282
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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The Jains through Time
The Spread of Jainism to Different northern India, along with other ancient Provinces
statues and rock inscriptions, demonstrates In the triumphal pageant of Jain history that that it too was once a stronghold of Jainism. I am presenting, the torchbearers are Along with Mathura, Ujjain, Hastinapur, undoubtedly Tirthankar Mahavir's Devgad, Badayun, Vidisha, Vallabhi and community of renunciants and if the spread Gwaliyar were also vibrant centres of Jain of Jainism testifies to their strength and unequivocal fidelity to his ideals, then so too does Jainism's decline indicate a diminishing of their capabilities. So long as Jainism had a tradition of these resplendent Jain acharyas, its fragrance permeated many lands. Jainism
LYD sprang up wherever their footprints fell, not just in South India but in North, West and
Carved entrance to the Mathura Stupa Central India. The discovery of Jain stupas on the Kankali mound in Mathura, a city in influence. Shouraseni, a dialect of Prakrit, in
which many Jain works are written, originated in Mathura. The people of Mathura often relate that women took a leading role in the creation and building of Jain statues. 25 Due to its geographical position, Mathura was a magnet for merchants and was connected with every other centre of commerce in the country. Since Jain shramans have always greatly
influenced the merchant classes, Mathura Ayaga-Pata of Mathura. A carved Stone Slab proved fertile ground for Jainism.
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» Jain Itihas Ki Pure Pithika Aur Hamara Abiyuthan, Dr. Hiralal Jain, p.73