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
1541
Bimala Churn LAW-Sacred Places of the Jains, (Jou. U. P. Hist. Soci. Vol. IX, Pt. II, 1936) Allahabad.
1542
M. Govind PAI-Venur & Its Gommata colossus. (Jain Ant. vol. II; No. II, Pp. 45-50, and No. III, Pp. 51-60), Arrah, 1936.
Venur-thirty-four miles to the north-east of Mangalore (S.K.); 35 feet high colossus of Bahubali (Gommata). It was installed by king Timma or Timmarāja Odeya belonging to the Ajila or Ajala family of the Jaina chieftains that once ruled in that part of the district. Description of the image given. A Jaina temple called 'Kalla Busadi' or Säntisvara Basad' and a Mana-stambha-two Kanarese inscriptions dated 1489 A.c. and 1537 A.c. records the installation of 24 images of the Tirthankaras in Tirthankara Basadi-Another Kanarese inscription of the reign of Madukka Devi, a queen of the same Ajila family, dated Saka 1544-a gift to the Santisvara Chaityalaya by a prince called Ramanath Arasu. Another Jain temple. Two inscriptions behind the colossus-one in Sanskrit verse in sixteen lines, text and translation given and explanatory notes of different words--another in Sanskrit verse, text and translation and notes given. The colossus was installed in 1603-1604 A.C. A short history of the Ajila dynasty given.
1401
1543
Kamta Prasad JAIN-Podanapura And Takṣaśilă. (Jain Ant. vol. III; No. 111; Arrah; 1:37; Pp. 57-66).
According to the writer, Podanapura of the Jaina books was not Takṣaśilă, rather it was a prominent city of ancient Daksinapatha. Podanapura as the capital of Vahubali discussed. Podanapura in the story of Parsvanath narrated. Podanapura in Sanskrit Jaina literature discribed; in Jain Kannad literature; various names of Podanapura-Potana, Podana, Paudana and Podanapura; Podanapura in Buddhist literature, Podanapura was the capital of Ashamaka in the southern part of India.
1544
K. A. N. SASTRI- Foreign Notices of South India. Madras, 1939.
P. 102. Majority of 80 Deva-temples belonged to the Digambaras-Yuanchwang's record.