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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A. N. UPADHYE-Harisena's Dharmaparıkşā in Apabhraísa (Silver Jubilee Number, Annals of the B.O.R.I., XXII, Pp. 592-608, Poona, 1942; in Hindi Anekanta, VIII, Pp. 48--53, 90–96, Saharanpur, 1946).
The following topics are discussed in this paper-(1) Various Dharma-parīksās of Amitagati, of Vịttavilasa, of Padmasāgara, of Harişeņa, Hariseņa, his date and the composition of DP., works of Harişeņa, and Amitagati compared.
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A. N. UPADHYE-The Prakrit Dhūrtākhyāna, a Unique Indian Satire. (Proc. and Trans, of the A.I.O.C., XII, Pp. 464–67, Banaras, 1946).
The Dhūrtākhyāna of Haribhadra is evaluated as satire. Related tendencies of this type of literary form in Indian literature are discussed and Haribhadra's contribution is appraised.
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A. N. UPADHYE-Sricandra and his Apabhramsa Kathakośa. (Bharata Kaumudi, II, Pp. 1005-16. Allahabad, 1946).
The Apabhramśa Kathakośa of Śricandra is introduced here from a single MS. Śricandra gives his genealogy and mentions his contemporaries. It appears that he flourished in the last quarter of the 19th century A.D. The sources of this Kathakosa and its relation with Harisena's Sanskrit Kathākośa are discussed here.
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A. N. UPADHYE-Prākrit Literature. (Encyclopaedia of Literature, I, Pp. 481-90, ed. J.T. Shipley, Philosophical Library, New York, 1946). Contents
(1) Prākrit Language : its growth, usage and dialects. (2) Prākrit Inscriptions and Dramas. (3) The Jaina Canon, Pro-canon and Post-canonical works. (4) Lyrical Anthologies, Didactic works and Hymns. (5) Narrative Literature in Jaina Maharastri and Apabhramsa. (6) Classical Kāvyas and Campus. (7) Doctrinal Treatises. (9) Grammars. (10) Lexicons. (11) Works on Poetics and Metrics. (12) Astronomical and Medical Texts. (13) Conclusion.
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J. C. JAIN-The Jain canons and their place in the study of Ancient Indian Culture. (Jain Ant., Arrah, 1946).