Lord Mahavira Vol 01

SR No.: 023276
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S C Rampuria
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 320
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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Jainism Upto the Last Victor
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cf. Goyal, S. R., 'Mâhabhârata aur Dâsarâjrna Yuddhon ki Tithiyân', Piirâkalpa, Varanasi, 1974.1V, No. 1, pp. 5-18.
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7. According to Vyakhyaprajapti 9.32 Gangeya, a follower of Pârsva, accepted the panchamahaurâtas of Mahâvîra. Such other followers of Pârsva were Arya Kâlâsavesiyaputta, Pedthalaputta, etc.
Cf. Ghatage, A.M., in AIU, p. 412.
Ibid. According to Dharmananda Kosambi (Parsyanâtful kâ Châiuryama Dharma, pp. 24-26) before becoming enlightened, the Buddha had entered the Pârsva Order for some time.
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It however does not mean that the details of his life as given in the Jaina texts are necessarily correct.
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See, Muni. Devendra, Bhagavâna Pârsva: eka Samlkshâtmaka Adhyayana, Poona, 1969; cf also Shastri, Premanand Jain Bhagavâna Pârsvanatha, Arekantra. XVIII No. 6, 1966, pp. 269-74.
'Ghatage, op. cit.
Cf. Jacobi, SBE, 45. Intro., 'Mahâvîra and his Predecessors'. IA, IX; Jain, Bhagchandra, Antiquity of the Sramaaa Cult', World Buddhism. XV, No. 1, 1960, pp. 3-6; Phaltane, L. A., An Ancient Form of Jainism', Jain Antiquary, XXII No. 2 pp. 17-20.
Williams, R. Before Mahâvîra', JRAS. 1966, Pt. 1-2, pp. 2-6.
For an interpretation of the dream of Devananda see Gupta. S. K.. 'Devananda's Dream: An Interpretation of its Symbolism', Jiynasa, Jaipur, I, No. 3-4, pp. 128 47.
Jacobi, Jaina Sutras, I, p. 225.
According to the Svetambaras the birth-place of Mahâvîra is Lachhuar or Lachbwad in the southern part of Monghyr Distt. The Digambaras, however, give this honour to Kuppalapura near Nalanda.
AIU, p. 414.
SBE, XLV. p. xxxii.
Chakraborty, H.. Asceticism in Ancient India, p. 344.
Ibid, p. 345.
Ibid.
Ghatage, AIV, P. 415.
Cf. Muni Shri Nagrajji. The Contemporaneity and the Chronology of Mahavira and Buddha, Calcutta, 1964.
'Cf. our Chapter on the chronology of the early Magadhan empire and the dates of the Buddha and Mahâvîra in the Magadha Samrajyaka Udaya, ed. by
Cf. Jain, J. L. Outlines of Jainism, 1916.
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25. Jain, H.L., in CHI, I, p.4.3.
26. Ibid.
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Cf. Pande, op. cif., p. 356.