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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N. C. Narasinha ACHARYA-The Andhra Mahabharat. (A.B.O.R.I. Vol. XXII, 1941). P. 98.
Reference to Jainism-There is no trace of the Buddhist and Jain Bharatas now. Possibly Nannyabhatta's rendering in the Kavya style was in answer to those that prevailed prior and upto his time which were conceived as Buddhist or Jain versions of the Mahabharata.
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A. N. UPADHYE-Review of Neelakesi, the original text and the commentary of Samayadivakaramananuni, edited and published by Prof. A. Chakravarti. (Jain Ant. vol. VII; No. I; 1941; Pp. 49-52).
JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Neelakesi, a well known Tamil classic. It expounds the doctrine of Ahimsa, in all its aspects and it critically examines other systems of Indian Thought. The commentator is identical with Vamanacārya, the author of Merumandarapuranam of the 14th century A.D. The date of the text is yet to be ascertained. The Jains are known by the names of Nirgrantha and Sramaga in Tamil literature.
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H. R. KAPADIA-A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas. Pp. XII, 972s Surat, 1941.
History of the Svetämbara Jain canon.
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P. L. VAIDYA-The Mahapurana or Tisaṭṭhi-Mahāpuruṣa-Cuṇālaṁkara. (A Jain Epic in Apabhramsa of the 10th century A.D. of Puspadanta, vol. III (English and Hindi introductions), Bombay, 1941-Pp. XXXII 314.
It contains a section of the work known separately under the title of Harivaria Purana and consists of Samdhis 81 to 92. The English introduction gives information about the critical apparatus, the poet and his works.
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D. L. NARASIMACHAR-Vaddaradhane (Kannada text) (Jou. of the Kannada Literary Academy-Vol. 26, Part I: Pp. 67-88; Pt. II; Pp. 89-108. Bangalore, 1941.