Tulsi Prajna 1993 02

SR No.: 524574
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 166
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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Mahāvira Era
and Candragupta I of the Gupta dynasty is 6451 years--the same as recorded by M. in Indikā. The Vā. P. is one of the most authoritative oldest Purāņas. This information in the Vā: p. is supported by the Brahamānada and other Purānas,
Thus the exact correspondence between the number of kings and the period between the 1st king and Alexander the Great as given by M. in Indika and Vā. P. shows the need to reconsider the time-frame on which our history books are written.
From our above evidence, we shall have to locate Lord Mahāvira in the 1200 B.C. at least.
Two Letters
Dear Dr. Solanki,
I thank you sincerely for your kind letter No. 2104/92-93 dated 26-9.92 regarding an article on the Last days of Lord Mahavira for the ensuing issue of TULSI PRAJNĀ. Although I have not received the No. of TULSI PRAJNA in which my review article is published I thank you for the same.
The determination of the time and place of the Nirvāṇa of Lord Mahāvira is very important as two distant places claim the honour for it. I am not well for some days but when I feel better shall include whatever material is available in the Vayupurāna about Him. As you might be knowing it, Brāhmaṇical Purānas contain some secondhand or thirdhand oral information about Buddhism and Jainism and in my notes on the translation of Purānas, I have to record the correct information from Pāli and Amg. works.
I am glad to find that you contribute a thoroughly research chapter in every issue of the TULSI PRAJNA. I hope you will publish them in a book form for the use of future researchers. (2) Dear Dr. Solanki,
Kindly refer to your letter No. 2104/92-93 dated 26-9-92 in which you requested me to write on Lord Mahāvīra's Nirvāņa on the basis of the Purāņa.
As you might be knowing, I am the (English) translator of Vāyu Purāņa. My translation is published in two volumes by Motilal Banarsi Dass of Delhi. After getting your letter, I again peeped through the Sk. Text of the Purāņa.
There is no mention of Mahāvira. Two persons from Jain Mythology are named : King Nabhi and Rşabha. No sermon on any Jain