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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Buddhists, the Jainas too, fell back occasionally upon the heritage of Hindu religion and culture. The Puranic characters and incidents discussed in the historical in light.
Vol. XII, No. I, Pp. 16 to 26.
Text referring to Yamaloka and Yamaṛghini, Laksmi, the Goddess of fortune; Kama, the god of love, Rāhu, Śiva, Gown, Rudra, Brahman, Prajapati quoted and discussed. The Brahma-vaivarta Purana and mentions Jinabara' along with these gods and goddessess.
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Benimadhava BARUA-Aśoka and his Inscription. Calcutta, 1946.
P. 10. Asoka's gift to Ajivakas, the Nirgranthas and others.
P. 56. Jaina author Jinaprabhasüri claims Samprati, son of Kunala, as a great king of Pataliputra as an emperor of India founded Viharas for the Jaina Śramanas even in non-Aryan countries.
P. 57. Samprati, the son of Kunala, is described by Jaina and Buddhist writers as the immediate successor of Ashoka.
P. 64. Asoka's grand son and successor Samprati came to be claimed in Jaina traditions to have been the Lord of Bharata with three divisions (trikhanda Bharatadhipati).
P. 66. The cruel persecution of the Nirgranthas and Ajivaka's attributed to Asoka was against the spirit of the Maurya emperor.
P. 85. The eighteen forest kingdoms of Khoh copper plate inscription of Samkshobha may be taken to correspond to the eighteen Vidhyadhara settlements with this sixty towns, associated in the Jaina Jambudvipapannalli with the Vindhya or Vindhya range.
P. 108. Beyond the Sringavan (Tienshan) range is the country called Karna varsa or Uttarakuru with the ocean as its northern boundary.
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P. 109. The Jain work Jambudvipapannatti devides the Himalayas into two ranges namely the greater (Mahāhimvanta) and the lesser (cullahimavanta).
P. 130. Description of Jambudvipa according to Jambudvipapannati,
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