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
gathered from another independent source, e.g. the Jain Purāṇas in the case of the Mahābhārata period 2* and those which pass that test can be safely pressed into the service of secural history.
P. 161. Duel with Jarasadha : The Jain account agrees with that of Mahābhārata. The Jain Puräņas give a different version of the way in which Jarasandha had met his death. The two sources agree that Jarasandha was a contemporary and a foe of Krşna (Trişaşthisalakāpuruşacarita, by Hemacandra, VIII, 8 p. 126 and Harivamsa Purana by Jinasenācārya p. 537).
P. 164. For the history of the Age of Krşa, the Jain Purāņas too might prove to be of considerable, assistance.
P. 165. The Probable date of the foundation of the Saisunga dynasty in Magadha, some of the old Purānas and the Jain Purāņas contain ample materials for that purpose.
P. 167, The Bhagavatas and the Jains share some common traditions (WINTERNITZ H.I.L. I, Pp. 320, 407 etc. III, seq. Pp. 113-14, 484 etc. seq.).
P. 168. The age of Ramacandra : The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmiki, Rāmopākhyāna in the Mahābhārata, the Paumäcäriya of Vimala Süri and some of the Buddhist Tales can serve as the source from which the history of this age can be reconst. ructed.
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Baij Nath Puri-Jain Religious orders in the Kushana Period. (Journal of Indian History XX, Pt. I, pp. 85-92, Madras, 1941).
Points out that in the Kushāna Period, a number of Jain religious orders where flourishing side by side in Mathura. These schools were popularly known as ganas and were divided on the lines of teachers who were known through their respective Kulas. The teachers grouped into a Kula were branched off into Sakhas or branches. The study is based on epigraphic records.
*2. Foot note-The history of the Indian religion contains clear evidence of the Jain and Bhagavat sects being the off shoots of a single sect started by way of protest against the doctrine that the highest goal of man was to secure happiness in this world and in the Swarga ruled over by Indra by the performance of animal sacrifices. It is therefore desirable for the Hindu writers to shake off their prejudice that the Jain accounts are only perverted versions of stories borrowed from the Hindu literature,