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
Nātaputa is mentioned as having held the doctrine of four-fold restraint, In the Udumbarika-Sibanda-sutta, the restrainsts ascribed to him are different, but identical with the four vows of Pārsva. Jainism is not only a purely ethical system but also philosophical-Anekānta or Syadvada. Jainism enjoins such behaviour as does not cause injury to any Jiva. The Anguttara, and the seventy-fourth sutta of the Tikanipata, redicule the Jain doctrines particularly its idea overcoming sin, its restraint on movements and its insistence on certain types of clothing. Makk hali Gosāta, a contemporary.
P. 17. Of the Buddha belonged to the sect of the Aulakas or naked ones. He is said to have been a disciple of Mahāvīra, before he founded the Ajīvika.
P. 20. Schools While Mahāvira clung to the docrine of Atlakilamatha or selfmortification, as against Kassapa, Ajita, Gosāla and Sanjaya, the Buddha preached the Majjhima-patipada or the middle path.
P. V. BAPAT--Ashok (V. Asoka and the Expansion of Buddhism).
P. 58. Asoka advocated tolerance for all religious sects and denominations, and respect for all pious men, such as the Sramanas, Brahmanas, Ājivikas and Jainas.
Nalināksha DUTTA-(i) The pali Sutta Pitaka II (The Buddhists Teachings).
P. 156. The Pasādika Suttanta was delivered when dissension occured among the followers of Nigantha Nātaputta soon after his death.
K. A. Nilkanta SASTRI--Chpat. X Chinese Travellers.
P. 270. Yuan Chawang in his account of Banaras describes of some people who are naked, others who rub their bodies with ash, or practice cruel mortifications in order to escape samsāra of the Jainas.
S. K. SARASWATI :
A. In Northern India, (Chapt. XII, Places of Buddhist Interest).
P. 319. Apart from its Buddhistic bearing Rajgrha was also an active centre of Jainism in ancient times, as it is now and interesting remains of Jaina shrines and sculptures such as Maniyar Matha are still extant.
P. 320. Vaišāli as the birth-place of Mahāvīra the twenty-fourth Jaina Tirthankara was equally sacred to the Jainas.