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
1145 Jainism under the royal patronage of Chandra Gupta-Thera Bhadrabāhu the chief of the Jain community when Chandra Gupta was the king of Magadha. Their pilgrimage to South-Sthūlabhadra Jain teacher versed in 14 pūrvas (i.e. old texts). His convocation of the Jain council at Pāķaliputra and the codification of 14 Purvas to 12 Angas in 5th century A.D.-Rejected by the followers of Bhadrabāhu when returned from the south and finally leading to the rise of two schools of Jainas, Svetāmbaras and Digambaras.
P. 297. Mention of a fabulously rich Jain merchant named Ananda.
P. 303. Stūpas- erected by Buddhas and Jainas either to commemorate a a noted event or a sacred spot or to deposit some relics of Buddha, Mahāvīra or other religious saints.
P. 341. Harsha's assembly at Kanauj attended by 300 Jains.
P. 368. Kadambas-great patrons of Jainism.
P. 496. Inscriptions of the pre-Gupta period with only a few exceptions refer to non-Brahmanical religious sects like Buddhists and Jains but majority of the inscriptions of the Gupta period refer to Brahmanical religion.
Pp. 501-502. Jainism-Early Chälukyas & Rashtrakütas patrons of JainismProgress of Jainism in the Deccan under their patronage-superceded by Saivism
century A.D. Bijjala the Kalachur chief a Jain-Hoysalas, Jains though converted to Vaishnavism protected Jains. Mention of 8,000 Jains being tortured by Pāņdya king Sundara.
P. 570. Rishabha, the 1st Tirthankara of the Jains, looked upon as incarnation of Vishņu.
1178
S. Srikantha SASTRI-Deva Rāya II. (Ind. Ant. Vol. LVII-1928, Bombay).
P. 77. The greatest Emperor of the first dynasty of Vijayanagara, Deva Rāya II, son of Vijaya Rāya (or Bukka III). Deva Rāya had the good fortune to possess some of the greatest ministers.
P. 80. Irugappa Dandanātha, the revered minister of Bukka II and Hari Hara II, seems to have been still living, as in A.D. 1422 he made a grant at Śrāvana Belgoļa to the great Jaina scholar Panditārya Śruta Muni (Sr. Bel. 253 (82), Ep. Car. Vol. II).