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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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The list of Sthāviras who succeeded Mahävira is given in Theravali section of the Kalpasūtra of Bhadrabāhu and that of earliest Digambara list in Gunabhadras's Uttarapurāņa B. K. 76 (516-525). The following is the list :
Kalpasūtra1. Mahāvira 2. Sudharaman 3. Jambu 4. Prabhava 5. Sayyambhava 6. Yasóbhadra 7. Sambhutavijaya 8. Bhadrabāhu
1. Mahävira 2. Sudharaman 3. Jambu 4. Nandimuni 5. Namdimitra 6. Aparajita 7. Bhadrabāhu. 8. Govardhana 9. Bhadrabāhu.
Above classification proves the separation of Jainas after the death of Jambuthe last Keralin. Bhadrabāhu in the above list not the same identical personage. The points of dissentions of the schools are :
1. Salvation of Women. 2. Taking of food by a Kevalin and his liability to fall ill. 3. Episode relating to the birth of Mahāvira.
4. Salvation of those who put on emblems on non-Jina sects. 5. Eatir.g clean food wherever available.
Bhadrabahu charita of Ratnanandin, a late Digambara work refers to the growth of schism--mention of famine at Malva in the above book and migration of Jain monks to the south. The story of Chandrelekā and her husband Prajapāla of Valabhi regarding the entertainment of the Svetāmbara Jains fully narrated.
Discovery of Ardhaphālaka in the Kankāli Tila at Muttra by FUBRER in 1890-91. Probable date 95 (?). Figure of a naked ascetic holding up a rajoharana in the right hand--an inscription to the right of the head of the ascetic gives his name as Kaņa samana, Kșishna, the ascetic.
The Jain Mathura images of the Kushan emperors Kanishka, Huvishka and Väsudeva roughly falling within 82-176 A. D. Standing images-all naked, seated images having hands touching abdomen do not show male organ. All the inscriptions on the images prove the Svetämbars belonging to ganas, Šakhās and kulas,
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| SR No. | 016035 |
| Book Title | Jaina Bibliography Part 1 |
| 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 |