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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R. C. MAJUMDAR-Ancient India As described by Megasthenes and Arrian by J. W. Merindle. Revised 2nd edition. Calcutta, 1960.
Pp. 101-02. Of the Sarmanes Megasthenes says that those who are held in most honour called Hylobioi; their descriptions.
1361
Pp. 105, 105n.-COLEBROCKE in his "Observations on the Sect of the Jains," says "the followers of the Buddha are clearly distinguished from the Brachmants and Sarmanes. The latter, called Germanes by Strabo, and Samanaens by Porphyrins, are the ascetics of a different religion, and may have belonged to the sect of the Jina, or to another.
Pp. 106-07 & Pp. 116-17. & 123-129.
Kalanos and Mandanss: Kalanos condemned by his countrymen but Mandanis is applauded. Kalanos, his real name was Sphines; he received the name Kalanos because in saluting persons he used the word Kalyana, which is commonly used in addressing a person.
P. 136n. The Prasil and the Gangaridae, M. de st. Martin thinks their name has been preserved in that of the Gonghris of South Bahar, whose traditions refer their origin to Tirhut; he would identify their royal city Parthalis (or Portalis) with Vardhana (contraction of Vardhamana), now Bardwan.
P. 161 & n. Beyond Palibotra (Patna) is Mount Maleus, on which shadows in winter fall towards the north, in summer towards the south, for six months alternately.
n. Maleus, possibly, mount Parsvanatha, near the Damuda, and not far from the Tropic, as suggested by Yule; vide Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. P. 127, note and conf. vol. I. P. 46 ff.
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Kalidas NAG-Greater India. Bombay, 1960.
P. 121. Long before Mahävira, India demonstrated her respect for life (Ahimsa) in her early Vedic history.
P. 123. The solemn call 'Listen to me, O ye children of immortality... I have come to know the Great Purusha like the Sun, beyond the darkness! Originated in the Vedic period and culminated in the Upanisadic time-soon beccame manifest in the Jain Tirthankaras.