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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JANA BIBLIOGRAPHY
the people, by his own example, how real liberation from the material entanglements should be sought and obtained; then, renounced his throne and kingdom in favour of 'Bharata’ the eldest of his one hundred sons, and went out wandering as a naked, indifferent and idiot-looking saint, in course of which he visited various places, including among others Konka (Konkan), Venka (probably the country dominated by the Venkatagiri hill, Tirupathi) and Kotaku (Coorg) in the southern Karnatic country, and was at last consumed in a big wide-spread forest fire here. But before this holy life ended in fire, his teachings had spread far and wide. His son, Bharata, was also a king of saintly character and struggled for liberation of his soul after renouncement. It was after him that this country (India) was called Bhārata Varsha.
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F.J. MONAHAN--The Early History of Bengal. Milford, 1925.
P. 185. Asoka is also mentioned in Purāṇas and Jain literature.
P. 200. Pillar edicts record that Asoka has ordered that superintendents of the Sacred Law (Dhamma-mahamatta) should be occupied with the affairs of the Sangha, with the Ājivakas, Brahmanas, with Niganthas and numerous other creeds.
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V. P. BOKIL-The History of Education in India, Part-I. Bombay, 1925.
P. 5. Rationalism prevailed in India from about 1000 B.C. to the Ist century A.D.--Buddhist and Jain religion reached their zenith at that time.
P. 12. Buddhist and Jain works mark the waves of independent thought and show the formation of the Prakrit taking place of Sanskrit as a spoken language in the beginning and later on even in writing.
P. 200. Mention of Jains taking part in tournaments for the test of learning with the followers of other faiths.
Pp. 217-220. Jainism-its origin and development discussed. Jainism an offshoot of Buddhism referred to by Houen Tsang---7th century A.D. Jain scriptures-committed to writing only in the 5th century A.D.-Jainism slight difference with Buddhism-discussed Jains-rejection of the authority of the Vedas.-Jain agamas falling into seven divisions-Vows of Mahāvrata and Anuvrata i.e. the higher and lower doctrinaries for Jain asceticism respectively-fully discussed,
· P. 225. Prakrit the language of the majority of Jain works.