Jaina Bibliography Part 2

SR No.: 016036
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 900
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 15 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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the temple of Mahāvira there. Most of the images are undoubtedly old, that of Risabhanāth, having an inscription dated 744 v.E. (687).
Nandia : To the north of the village a big Jain temple containing an inscription dated 1130 V E. (1073), in which the temple itself is called Mandeśvara Chaitya.
Kojra : This village contains a Jain temple of Sambhavanātha, but an inscription dated 1224 v.E. (1167) on a column inside calls it a temple of Pārsvanātha.
Vasa : A peculiar feature of Saiva temple of Jagdish is that it has ā Jain image on the top. A parallel case may be cited of a Saiva temple in Santpur which remained without an idol for many years, after which a Jain image was installed.
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There was a village named Kalagra about two miles from a Jain temple of Pārsvanātha.
Kayadran : In the middle of the village a Jain temple. There existed an old Jain temple here, the stone of which were removed to Rohera for the construction of the new temple.
Ora : Common gate to the three temples near the Vaishnava temple surmounted by a Jain image which shows that it originally belonged to a Jain temple. There is also a Jain temple of Sārnāth in the village containing an inscription dated 1240 v.E. (1383), in which the temple is styled Mahāvīra Chaitya.
Mungthala : Here is a large Jain temple, the oldest inscription on which bears date 1216 v.E. (1159).
Girwar : The village contains ruins of an old temple. The marble gate to the Vaisnava temple of Pattanārāyaṇa appears to have belonged to some Jain temple of Chandravati, as a Jain image is engraved in it.
Datani: Here is a Jain temple.
Barman: There is a Jain temple in the village, in a wall of which an image of the Sun.God is inlaid.
Anadra : In this village there exists a Jain temple.
Sanpur : Restoration of a Jain temple built in about the twelfth century.