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
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James Top-Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan or the Central and Western Rajput States of India. Raprinted (Two volumes in one), London, 1950. (First published in two volumes 1829-1832). Popular Edition (two volumes), published 1914. Reprinted 1923.
Pp. 18. and 20n. Mt. Soomer is claimed by the Brahmins as the abode of Mahādeva and by the Jains that of Ādinātha, the first Jineswara. Adinātha, the patriarch of mankind. He taught the agriculture.
P. 49. The Boodha religion was modified into its present mild form, the Jain.
P. 54. The era of last Boodha or Mahāvira is 477 years before Vicrama, or 533 years before Christ. The twenty-second Boodha, Nemināth, a contemporary of Crishņa.
P. 76. and n. The symbol of the twenty-third Boodha, Pārswa is the serpent. Dates of Neminātha, Pārswanātha and Mahāvīra are A.c. 1120 A.C. 650 and A.C. 533 respectively.
P. 84. Mundawar (classically Mundodari), five miles northward of Jodhapur, preserves sculptures and Jain temples.
P. 187. The religion of Balabhi, before it was sacked was the Jain.
P. 275. Bhama Sah, the minister of Pertap, was the saviour of Mewar.
P. 284. Satruñjaya, one of the five sacred mounts of the Jains.
Pp. 413 and 428 n. More than half of the mercantile wealth of India passes through the hands of the Jains. Rājasthān and Saurashtra are the craddles of the Buddhist or Jain faith, and three out of their five sacred mounts-Ābū, Palithana and Girnar are in these countries. The strict Jain does not maintain a lamp in the rainy season, lest it should attract moths to their destruction. Mewar, a refuge to the followers of the Jain faith.
P. 414. The necrological records of the Jains bear witness to their having occupied a distinguished place in Rajpoot society. The first law of the Jains like that of the ancient Athenian lawgiver Triptolemns, is 'Thou shalt not kill.'
P. 425. Faith of the Hindus suffered much from the Jains. The Jains were hostile and Sancara Āchārya destroyed them,