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
P. 527. Jaina cult practised in the outskirts of Madura in the time of Nedunjeliyan. Jain sangha established in the city 470 A.D.
P. 534. Mention of Mahendra Vikrama Pallava building stone temples to Jina. Šiva, Visnu and to the Trimurti.
Mention of Kopperinjolan-the Sola king of 6th century dying of
Sallekhana,
1155
P. 613. The Buddha and the Jain cults when they first appeared in India depended for their popularity on the personal devotion of their adherants to their human founders Siddhantta and Jina
1196 (b)
K.A N. SASTRI The Pandyan Kingdom-Trichinopoly, 1929.
P. 16. Influence of Buddhism and Jainism in the Pandyan Kingdom in second and third century B.C.-Less inclination of the rulers towards Buddhism and Jainism rather than Brahmanism.
P. 19. A mark of hatred towards Jains and Buddhists marked in the Sangam work Silappadikaram.
Southern life Aryanized by the influx of Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism from the north.
P. 32. Prevelance of Jainism in the south referred to in the Silappadikaram and the Manimekalai along with Buddhism.
P. 61 (n). A shrine for Narasimha the Brahman lion god excavated in the Anamalai hill the Jain Elephant hill by Maran Eyinan (8th century A.D.) perhaps intended to symbolize that the lion of Brahmanism put down the elephant Jainism.
P. 94. Influence of Jainism in Tamil land in the Sangam age.
P. 95. Prosperity of Jainism and decay of Buddhism in south as recorded by Yuanchwang-7th century A.D.
Mention of the discovery of a Jain figure at Eravadi in the Tinnevelly district with an inscription in Vatteluttu characters written below which reads. work of Ajjanandi 8th century A.D.) Ajjanandi-Jain teacher referred to in the Joakacintamani. Another inscription in the same place of the same period records the grant of land to a Jain temple.