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
1948
S. T. Moses-Fish and Religion in South India. (QJMS, xiii, 1923, Pp. 549-554). Pp. 550-551. The Jains found in the North Arcot, South Arcot and South Canara districts are the only people who scrupulously abstain from eating fish or flesh-They avoid all sorts of meat diet.
1949
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K. P. JAIN-Marriage in Jaina Literature. IHQ. Vol. IV, 1928.
Pp. 146-152. Marriage-result of Karma in Jainism-fully explainedMarriage in the Bhogabhumi (i.e. men and women born in couples and lived like husband and wife later on) and Karmabhumi (i.e. the individual births) according to Jains explained-Svayaniwara-defined.
Polygamy in vogue among the Jains. Marriage between the four varnas discussed-marriage with non-Jainas and new converts discussed-mention of(1) Raja Cetaka of Vaišali the staunch Jains giving his daughter Celana in marriage to Śrenika Bimbasara a Buddhist.
(2) King Dhanasena of Kaušambi followed Vedic religion but his queen Dhanashri professed Jainism,
(3) Vasumitra, the merchant, paid reverence to Jain gurus, but his wife Dhanasri a non-Jain.
(4) Nili, the daughter of Jaina seth Jinadatta of Bhrgukacha married to Jaina convert Sägardatta. Sagardatta's conversion to his former faith and mention of torture inflicted on Nili to give up her religion.
Jain Kavi Dhananjaya had Buddhist wife and Buddhist Lexicographer Amara Simha had a Jain wife.
Mention of Palita a Jain merchant of Campä-sailed to Pihundanagara where he was married with a foreign girl.
Instance lack relating to the marriage where Jain girls were given in marriage to foreigners-Illegal daughters born out of wedlock or of prostitutes were accepted by ancient Jains. Jinasenācārya-an early law givers of the Jains-Earlier Jains considered full youth to be the appropriate age for marriage. Customs and ceremonies attending J in marriages fully discussed. Mention Mention of re-marriage advocated in Jain literature (Trivanacara ch. 11. Pp. 171-173).