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
Gunacandra, towards 1070 A.D., author of Parivabhyudaya and of the Maghan
andisvara.
Gunavarman, who constructed probably the famous Jaina temple of the Gangas at Laksmeswar. He lived likewise towards 1070 A.D. He composed the Puspadantapurana and the Devacandraprabhastotra.
Nayasena, 1115 A.D., author of the Dharmamṛtha. Nagavarman, surnamed Kaviraja about 1070-1120. His works are: the Kanyavalakana, the Chando'mbudhi, the Karnatakabhasabhaṣaṇa, the Vastukosa and a translation in Canara of the Kadambart. Balacandra, towards 1120, author of the Tallvarlanadipika and of the Parabhrtakatravaryakhyana. Näagacandra, surnamed Abhinava Pampa, towards 1170, author of the Pampa-Ramayana, of the Mallinathapurana, and of a short treaties of Ethics entitled Jinamunitanava. Aggala. Digambara of the Desi gana. Pustaka gaccha and Kundakunda anvaya; he finished his Candraprabhapurana in Saka 1111. Kefiraja about 1160-1200, author of the Sabdamanidarpana. Kamalabhava, author of Santisvarapurana, towards 1200. Karnaparya, towards 1200, author of the Neminathapurana. Salva, towards 1300, author of the Resaratnakara. From the outset of 1300, the Jaina writers are supplanted by the Lingayats, until towards 1508, period to which preponderance commences to belong to the brahmanical works.
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A. CUNNINGHAM-Book of Indian Eras.-Calcutta, 1883,
P. 5. The era of Mahavira must have been in usage among the Jains in an ancient period, probably at the time of Asoka.
P. 37. The death of Mahavira had taken place, according to the Digambaras, 605 years before Vikrama, and according to the Svetambaras, 470 years before the same Vikrama. This last date, may be 527 B.C., is most generally admitted.
P. 49. The ideas of the Jaina books relating to the era Vikrama.
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K. B. PATHAK-The date of Trivikrama, (Indian Antiquary, vol. XII, P. 150). Bombay, 1883.
According to the Adipurana, Uttarapurana and the grammar of Trivikrama, the latter would have been contemporary of the emperor Räṣṭrakūta Ammoghavarşa Ist.