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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Akshoy Kumar MAJUMDAR-The Hindu History, B. C. 3000 to 12000 A.D. Second Edition. Dacca, 1920.
- Book II, Chapter IIA: India in Vedic Age till 2500 B.C., Rise of JainismJainism has been sometimes called Syād-vāda. Jainism is still a living religionJains accept the caste system. They agree with the Buddhists in denying the existence or at least the activity and providence of God.
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Haraprasad SASTRI-To Eternal Cities in the Province of Bihar and Orissa, (JBORS, vi, 1020, Pp. 23-39).
P. 25. Transference of the chief seat of Jainism from Vaiśāli to Pāțaliputra. At Pāțaliputra was made the first collection of Jain scriptures in the fourth century B.C. One great man of this period was Sthūlabhadra.
P. 26. Sthūlabhadra was born and bred at a spot in the city of Patna near the Gulzārbagh station-Bhadrabahu the latter with Chandragupta and others settled at Śravaņa Belgoļa at a time when Pătalipura was stricken by a continuous famine for twelve years.
P. 29. Composition of the Tattvārthādhigamasūtra by Umāsvāti Vāchaka in the fifth century A.D. at Pāțaliputra.
P. 33. Moving over to Odantapura of all respectable people from Pāțaliputra, on the former being made the provincial Capital.
Consecration at Patna of several Jain images in the fifth and sixth centuries.
Identity of Pātņa with Pāțaliputra, among the Jains.
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Edward GAIT-The Annual Presidential Address. (JBORS, vi, 1920, Pp. 455. 469).
Pp. 462-463. First collection of the Jain scriptures made at Patalipura, in the 4th century B.C. Pāțaliputra, a stronghold of Jainism down to the 18th century.