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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. 1. Abhidhāna, a dictionary or vocabulary-Abhidhāna Chintāmani of Hema
chandra (13 th cent.) edited by BÖTHLING and RIEU,
P. 9 Ahi-chhatra, Ahi-Kshetra, a city lying north of the Ganges, being
the capital of Northern Panchäla; the Adisadra of Ptolemy, its remains are visible near Räm-nagar.
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Bhāgavata Purāņa enumerates 22 incarnations; the 8th Rishabha, a righteous King, father of Bharata.
P. 92. Dig - Ambara, 'Clothed with space'. A naked mendicant. A title of
Siva.
P. 187. While in exile the five Pandavas each assumed two names, one for
use among themselves and one for public use. Sahadeva was Joyadbala in private and Arishtanemi, a vaiśya in public.
P. 221. Nava-Ratna nine gems; Vikramaditya, whose era the Samvat begins in
56 B.C. his court gems-Kshapanaka, Amarasinha etc.
P. 267. Rshabha. son of Nabhi and Maru, and father of a hundred sons, the
eldest of whom was Bharata. He gave his kingdom to his son and retired to a hermitage, where he led a life of such severe austerity and abstinence, that he became a mere “Collection of skin and fibres, and went the way of all flesh". The Bhagavata Purāna speaks of his wanderings in the western part of the Peninsula, and connects him with che establishment of the Jain religion in those parts. The name of the first Jain Tirthankara or saint was Rshabha.
P. 313. The Sürya-vamsa as solar race--Ikshväku—in the Dynasty of Mithila
31st is Arishtanemi, 33rd is Supäráva.
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Encyclopeidia of world Art. New York, Toronto, London vol. I. (copy right C. 1959 London).
(English-Language edition corresponds to the Italian version):--
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F. HALL. A contribution towards an index to the Bibliography of the Indian philosophical systems. Calcutta 1859
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