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. C. BAGGHI- Animistic elements of Jainism. (Proc., Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, xvii, 1921, P. ccxlvii).
The ethical background of non-injury in Jainism is discussed in this paper with reference to original texts—The historical beginnings-Elements in Jain philosophy in Jain mythology and ritual.
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Sir Charls ELIoT-Hinduism and Buddhism : An Historical Sketch. Vol. I. London, 1921.
Pp. 105-123. The Jains-Their relation to Buddhism etc.
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P. C. Bacchi— Primitive Elements of Jainism. (JDL, v, 1921, Pp. 349-364).
Introductory- Philosophy-Religious Rites and Superstitions-MythologyConclusion and Probabilities.
1730 K. G. Sankara–Tolkapya’s Religion. (QJMS, xi, 1921, Pp. 289-290).
The earliest Tamil grammarian Tolkapya was a Jain house-holder ; Tolkapya may have been a Brahmana before he became a Jain.
Mr. SUBRAMANIAN shows that Tolkapya was a Brahmana and was never a Jain.
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B. K. GOSWAMI SASTRI -The Bhakti Cult in Ancient India. Calcutta, 1922.
Pp. 55-56. Jains were the first to open the attack upon orthodoxy of the Vedas and its functional injunctions.
Pp. 58-59. Metaphysical doctrines adopted by Jains.
P. 62. Buddhists and Jains introduced the worship of human Saints (Siddhapuruṣa) and the Tirthankaras as embodiments of pure life, as a culmination of their creed of respect for life. These heretic schools laid the foundation of the cult of personal devotion which was to play at subsequent period in the Pāśupata and Vaisnava creed.