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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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M. H. KRISHNA-The mastakabhisheka of Gommatesvara at Sravana Belgola. (Jain Ant. vol. V; No. IV; Arrah; 1940; Pp. 101-106).
Śravana Belgola is situated about 8 miles to the south of Chennarayapatna in the Hassan District of Mysore. The history of Śravana Belgola begins from the third century B. G., i.e. from the time of Chandragupta Maurya. Gommatesvara or Bahubali's story given. The great statue of Gommatesvara, the object of the Mastakabhisheka was erected in 983 A.D. by Chamundāraya, the minister of the Ganga king Rachamalla IV. Description of the image. The Mastakabhisheka-the earliest one on record--took place in 1398. Account of the ceremony held in 1888 given.
The image is on the top of the hill called Vindhyagiri.
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P. B. ADHIKARI-Indian Aesthetics: A critical study. (D. R. Bhandarkar volume, Ind. Res. Ins., Calcutta, 1940).
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Pp. 63 and 65. 'That the idea of the Beautiful in Nature did not exist in Hindu mind. It is the same with their descriptions of human beautyMAXMULLER. But from the absence of the subject from philosophic treatises, it does not follow, nor can it be asserted, that the subject was not handled at all in the ancient days of this land. There are some of the systems; as for instance, the Buddhists and the Jaina, where we find fine psychological analysis and description of the aesthetic consciousness.
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Nowroz C. MEIA-Akbar & Jainism. (A.I.O.C., Session X; 1940).
P. 124. Hirvijaya Suri, Vijayasena Sūri and Bhanuchandra Upadhyāya; also two more names Shantichandra and Jinachandra. Śantichandra was at court till 1587, and wrote a 'turgid encomium' (Kriparasa-kosa) on Akbar. Jinachandra is crowned with the Honour of converting Akbar to the Jain religion.
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K. A. Nilakanta SASTRI-Cakravartin. (N.I.A., vol.3, 1940-41).
P. 308. Cakravartin as Mahapuusa with distinguishing marks on his bodysimilar statement in Jain works.
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