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SALETORE, B. A., Mediaeval Jainism with special reference to the
Vijayanagara Empire, Karnatak Publishing House, Bombay, 1938. Pages ii +426. Price Rs. 5.00.
Study of Jainism under the mediaeval Hindu monarchs beginning with the Ganga kings and ending with the Vijayanagara Empire. It describes the conspicuous part played by kings, feudatories, nobles, priests, citizens, and women for its propagation and preservation with the aid of contemporary historical records.
STEVENSON, SINCLAIR, The Heart of Jainism, with an introduction
by G. P. Taylor, Oxford University Press, London, 1915. Pages xxiv +336.
Contains historical summary, the life of Mahavira, Mahavira's predecessors and disciples, history of Jaina community, Jaina philosophy, the nine categories of fundamental truth, karma and the path of liberation, the life story of a Jaina, the Jaina layman and his religious life, the Jaina ascetic, the end of the road, Jaina worship and religious customs, Jaina mythology, Jaina architecture and literature, empty heart of Jainism.
TANK, UMRAO SINGH, A Dictionary of Jaina Biography, Part I–A,
The Central Jaina Publishing House, Arrah, 1917. Pages xvi+116.
Gives all the important names of the Jaina men and women in English Alphabetical Order (incomplete).
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