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
Pp. 287-291. Rastrakütas, the patrons of the Jains-conflict with the Saivas of the days of Sambandar and Appar-General persecutions of the Jains--Persecution of the Bauddhas under a king named Himaśitala at the instance of a Jain Achārya Akalanka-Rāmānuja and persecution of the Jains-Vişnuvardhana of Jainism-The Cholas and destruction of Jain monasteries and temples - The Chalukyas, the Hoysalas and the progress of Jainism.
P. 312. The Jains, a flourishing community in the Tulunad, the country between the Western Ghauts and Sea--Irugappa, a general of Harihara II, a JainComposition of Nanārtharatnamāla at his instance-His credit in erecting the Jain temple by name Ganigitti.
P. 315. The Vaisnava holy place Tirunarayanapuram known among the Jains as Vardhamanapuram.
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A. Rangaswamy SARASVATI-The Founder of the Vikrama Era. (QJMS, xiii, 1923, Pp. 506-510).
P. 507. Several reference in Jain literature to a Vikramāditya of Ujjain who founded the Samvat era.
P. 508, Text and translation of some Prakrit gathas quoted in a very large number of Jain commentaries and chronological works; these give the adjustment between the eras of Vira nd Vikrama and form the basis of the earliar Jain chronology.
P. 509. References in ancient Jain literature that a king of Ujjain called Vikramāditya founded the era after his name after the expiry of 470 years after the Jain Tirthankara Mahävira's nirvana.
P. 509. Prabhavakacharita or the lives of Jain saints by Pradyumna sūri, gives an account of the life of the Jain Acharya Kälaka sūri and of the politics of India at the period when Vikrama is said to have founded the Samvat era, and thus proves beyond all doubt that there was a Vikramāditya at 56 B.C. ruling over Ujjain. It makes Nāgārjuna, the famous Buddha Scholiast and founder of the Mahāyāna, a Jain. The account it gives of king Krişna of Mānakheta seems merely to be a reminiscence of the account of one of the kings of that name who ruled much later at Manyakheta (Malkhed) and who were Jains. It might be true that Vikrama patronized Jainism, but not likely that he became a Jain. In spite of doubts it appears to be certain that Kālaka süri the Jain teacher and author, and Vikramāditya, the king of Ujjain, were historical persons.