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
Pp. 98-100. Inscriptions of the Jaina grottos of Elara.
1. Chota Kailasa. A statue mutilated from the head bears an inscription dates Saka 1169 (1247 A. D.) and recalling that the statue has been offered by a person native of Vardhanapura.
Indra Sabha(a) on a pillar, an image of Tirthankara with inscription in old Nagari of the 9th or 10th century, according to which the image is the work of Nagavarman; (b) on a colossal statue would be that of Santinatha and the work of Sohila.
3. Colossal statue of Pärśvanatha on the top of a hill. Reproduction, and translation by BüнLER, of the inscription engraved on this statue and dated 1234-1235 A. D.
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H. DHRUVA. The Dohad inscription of the Chaulukya King Jayasimha-Dava. (Indian. Antiquary, Vol. X, Pp. 158--161). Bombay, 1881.
Mention of a mutilated inscription, dated Samvat 1231, and engraved on the pedestal of small Jaina statues.
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Bhagwanlal INDRAJI and J. BURGESS. The Kahaun Inscription of Skandagupta. (Indian Antiquary, Vol. X, Pp. 125-126). Bombay, 1881.
Facsimile, text and translation, accompanied by remarks, of an inscription recalling that in the year 141 after the death of Skandagupta, a certain Madra raised the statue of five Tirthankaras, in the same way as the pillar bearing the said inscription.
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E. HULTZSCH. Two Inscriptions from General Cunningham's Archaeological Reports, (Indian Antiquary, Vol. XI, Pp. 309-313). Bombay, 1882.
One of these two inscriptions reviewed by M. HULTZSCH is a Jaina inscription, dated the year 106 of the Gupta era, and recalling the erection of a statue in honour of Pārsvanatha.
In his second article, P. 143 and especially note 5, BÜHLER established that Mahavira was the contemporary of Buddha and that he was called Nirgrantha Jñätraputra.