________________
138
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
-
(9)
Manmath Nath Shastri, M. A. M. R. A. S., Buddha: His life, His Teachings, His Order, 1940 (Second Edition), p. 21-22.
Digha Nikaya, Mahaparinivana Sutta, 2-3-16.
Kaipa Sutra, 147.
Although Dr. Jarl Charpentier first dealt with the subject specially with 3 view to decide the chronology of Buddha and Mahavira, but Dr. Jacobi is responsible for the primary research in this field.
There are 50 volumes in his series, out of these the Vol. XXII contains the translations of the Acaranga Sutra and the Kalpa Sutra, and the Vol. XLV contain= the translations of the Sutrakrtanga Sutra and the Utaradhyayana Sutra.
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XLV, Introduction to the Jain Sutras Part II, p. XXI, 1894.
Sacred Books of the East Vol. XXII, Introduction to the Jain Sutra Part I, pp. IX to XIX, 1884.
During his second visit to India (March 1914) he met Acarya Sri Kalugani, the 8th Acarya of Terapantha Sect and held important discussions with him for three days.
(10) S.B. E. Vol. XXII, Introduction, pp. XVII, XVIII.
(11) S.B. E. Vol. XXII, Introduction, p. XXXVII. (12) A. V. means "after the death of Vira" (i. e. Mahavira).
(13) S.B. E. Vol. XIV, Introduction, p. XI.
(14) S.B. E. Vol. XLV. Introduction, p. XXXVII, quoted from S. B. E. Vol. X, p. XXXII; S.B. E. Vol. XXII, p. XLII.
(15) See Cullvagga II, 12-1-1; Buddha Carya by Rahul Sankrityayana, p. 556; Political History of Ancient India, by H. C. Raychoudhuri (Sixth Edition) 1953, p. 228.