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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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P. 383, ni. Indian sects or schools-the Anguttara-Nikāya (Part iii, P. 276) refers to (1) Ajıvako, (2) Nigantha, (3) Munda-sävako ("a Nigantha disciple, a Jain"), etc. Ratnalka-dhārani an ancient work mentions the Achelakas (naked ascetics), the Ājivikas having the dirghajațā or taking the vow of celibacy (Kumāravrata) or practising the penance of Panchätapa.
P. 393-Adoption by Jainism of Brahmanical system of fasting on select days.
P. 453. Taking part in religious disputations : followers of Pārsva led by Kesi had a fateful discussion with those of Mahāvira under Gautama in the Park called Tinduka at Srāvasti, as a result of which Jainism divided into two sects. There were similar controversies between the followers of Mahāvira and Gosāla, followed by a similar schism.
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Tamosh Chandra Das GUPTA-- Aspects af Bengali Society from Old Bengali Literature. (University of Calcutta, 1935).
P. 161. Hemachandra compiled a Jaina version of the Rāmāyana and then classified the powers acquired by Tantrik practices.
P. 215. Kavikankan Mukundarām, who flourished in the later part of the 16th century, described at some lengih the different castes of his day in his Chandikāvya.
P. 218. The Sarāka (Weavers of saris) a subcastes are mentioned among the Navaśākhas.
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