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CHAPTER III.
JAINISM IN ANDHRA-KARNATA LITERARY TRADITION.
A conspectus of Andhra-Karnata Jaina Literature in manuscript-Some notable Jain works-Tendency of Jain versions of Hindu Puranic and Itihasa materialKarnata Jaina literary contribution to Andhra cultureJaina Karnata influence in the earliest extant work in Andhra Literature-Jaina Karnāta literary types also extant in Andhra Literature-The makers of Jaina AndhraKarnata Literature-A Jain Acharya Birudavali : Islamic patronage of Jain scholarship.
Here below is a conspectus of the Jaina contribution to literature and knowledge as represented by the Sanskrit and Kannada Manuscripts of the Oriental Library in the Madras Museum :
S.-Sanskrit.
A. Jaina Agama :
S.
K
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K.-Kannada.
1.
2.
3. Jinendralaya Vishaya.
2.
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3.
Jina Devata Pūja Vidhana.
Jina Samhita.
1. Ananta Katha.
Abhisheka Sandhi.
Karma Nirihara.