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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P 297. Sowae Jay Sing laid the foundation of Jaipoor in S. 1784 (A.D. 1728). Vidhyadhur who planned the city was a Jain.
Pp. 438 and 439. The humane Jain merchant says, 'to hoard up grain, for the purpose of taking advantage of human misery, may bring riches, but never profit.
P. 478. Bharteswar boasts a high antiquity having 750 temples, chiefly of the Jain faith according to local tradition.
P. 545. The Bhagairwal Mahajins claim descent from Raja Bheem. The Bhagairwal is one of the "twelve and a half (säri bärä nyal) castes of Mahajins," or mercantile tribes; the greater portion of whom profess the Jain creed.
A temple of Pärśwanath at Kuraira with inscriptions dated 1300 to 1350. Description given.
P. 550. An inscription at Mawolee dated S. 1737 records an ordinance in favour of the Jains, that "the oil mill of Mawolee should not work on the four rainy months"; in order to lessen the destruction of animal life."
Pp. 579-81. Dhoomnar cave. Some of its columns are named after the sacred mounts of the Jains. Entrance adorned with Jain Tirthankaras. Numerous square cells of the Sräwaks or Jain laity and temples dedicated to Thirncars.
Pp. 584 and 588. A Jain temple at Jhalra Patun dedicated to the sixteenth Thirncara. An inscription dated the 3rd Jeyt S. 1103 (A.D. 1047) in a Jain temple. Inscriptions dated in the 3rd of Magh, S. 1066 (A.D. 1010), in S. 1180 and on the Thursday, the Mool nakshatra of S. 1289 on funeral memorials (nisea) of the Jain.
P. 595. Five Digambara Jain temples bearing inscriptions at Morakuro, about half a mile east of Bijolli. Cheetore-A square pillar called the Khowasin
sthambha.
75 feet and a half in height, 30 feet in diameter at the base, and 15 feet at the top dated in S. 952 (A.D. 896) Dysak (sudi) the 30th, Guruwar, dedicated to Adinath and covered with Jain figures. Jain inscriptions in the temple of Shantinatha.