Jaina Community a Social Survey

SR No.: 007019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vilas Sangve
Publisher: Popular Book Depot Bombay
Publication Year: 1980
Total Pages: 484
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Jaina Community- A Social Survey
8. S. Stevenson : Heart of Jainism, p. 19.
Sometimes another interpretation of the term Terāpantha is given by its followers." Terā means yours and Pantha means path; in other words, it means "Oh! Lord Mahavira ! it is Thy path.” vide Shroff, M.M.:
Jainism and the Modern Thought, p. 37. 30. (i) Vide Chopra, C. : A Short History of the Terapanthi Sect of the
Svetambara Jainas and its Tenets, pp. 1-11 and 17-26. (ii) History of Osavālas, pp. 234-236. (iii) Nathamal, Muni: Jaina Darśana-Manana aura Mīmānsā, pp.
73-74. 31. Bhargava Dayanand : “Reformistic Trends in Jainism ", Jain Bharati
Research Volume, pp. 59-61. 32. For detailed information about the Anuvrata movement vide Muni Sri
Nagarajaji : Aņuvrata Jivana-Darsana (in Hindi ). 33. A. F. R. Hoernle : “ Three further Pattāvalis of the Digambaras. " Indian
Antiquary, Vol. XXI (1892), pp. 57-84. 34. For the names of these 84 Acharyas vide Vidhipaksha (Añchala )
Gachchhīya Mhoti Pattavali, pp. 70-74. 35. For the names of 84 Gachchhas please see the following:- .
(i) Marathi Encyclopedia : Article on Jainism, Vol. 14, p. 32 (ii) Buhler : On the Indian Sect of the Jains, pp. 78-79. (iii) Vidhipaksha (Añchala ) Gachchhīya Mhoti Pattāvali, pp. 70-74. (iv) Rāmalālaji : Mahājana-Vamsa-Muktāvali, pp. 115-116.
It is interesting to note that these lists do not agree in various respects. 36. Nahar and Ghosh : Epitome of Jainism, pp. 668-670. It is regretted
that the original source does not use diacritical marks for the names of Gachchhas. Some of these Gachchhas have published a detailed account of their Acharyas and activities vide Vinayasagara (Ed.): Kharatara
Gachchha Kā Itihāsa. 37. (i) Jaina-Jagat, Vol. 8, No. 8, p. 13.
(ii) Vira', dated the 15th March 1947. 38. Kapadia, H. R. : Jaina Religion and Literature, Vol. I, Part I, pp. 43-44. 39. It may, however, be noted that Sakatayana alias Pālyakīrti is described
as a Yapaniya, and three works, namely, a Sanskrit grammar, a treatise on Strīmukti and another on Kevalibhukti are attributed to him. It is suggested that many Achāryas belonged to Yapaniya Sangha and that among them Umāsvāti, Sivācharya, Sakatāyana, Svayambhu, Tribhuvan Svayambhu and Vadiraja were very prominent Acharyas. Vide Pathak, Nathulal : “Jaina Dharmaka Yapanīya Sampradaya aura usake
Pramukha Achārya,” Mahāvīra Jayanti Smārikā, 1970, pp. 53-56. 41. Nathuram Premi : Jaina Religion and Its Sects.
Atmānanda Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume, pp. 197-201.
40.