Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Annual Report of the Mysore Achaeological Department for the year 1925-Bangalore, 1926.
Pp. 1-2. Jain Basti at Markuli 3 miles to the east of Ambuga (Mysore Arsikere Rly)--of early Hoysala style-constructed in 1173 A. D. by Buchimayya minister of Ballāla Deva-fully described--a seated figure of Adiśvara, 5 ft. high in the south cell of the main temple. A standing image of Bahubali, 6 ft. high in the east cell. A standing image of Pärśvanātha 5 ft. high. Eastern of the front shrine contains an image of Bahubali and the western of Pārsvanatha.
Two more figures in the Sukhanasi-one of male and the other female-- 4 heads of the male and 12 hands of the female-names of the figures not traceable.
The Jain Basti possesses endowment of 14 acres of land.
P. 3. Jain Basti at Heggere.
P. 6. Trishashthi Salaka-purushas--comprises 24 Tirthankaras, 12 Chakravarti kings, 9 Baladevas, 9 Vāsudevas aad 9 Prati-vāsudevas.
P. 8. Appar. Vagiša or Dharmasena a Brahmin by birth became Jaina and then known by the name, Dharmasena-an author of a number of learned works on Jainism. His reconversion to Saivism.
Mention of Vadībhasimha a celebrated Jaina scholar ; his disputes with Sambandhar on the merits of Saivism.
P. 10. Kadumārānāyanar or Dirghamāra also called Kuna and Kubja king of Madura, converted to Jainism by Jinasena Bhattākalanka and others.
Mention of Ahāra-abhaya-bhaishajya-śāstradāna offered to the people of S. India by the Jains and Buddhists for the spread of their faiths among the Saivites.
P. 11. No trace of Buddhism or Jainism in S. India before Asoka's Buddhistic Mission to South India about 240 B. C. Spread of Buddhism and Jainism especially during the reign of Andhra-bhrityas in the north of Mysore.