Comprehensive History Of Jainism

Author(s): Aseem Kumar Chatterjee
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd

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A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF JAINISM
by the combined evidence of the Jaina, Buddhist, and Purāņic texts. 43 Jinadāsagani informs44 us that Samprati constructed Jaina shrines in areas like Andhra, Damila, Marahațţa, etc. We are further told that he was a votary of Suhastin. We have already noticed that it was during the time of Suhastin that different kulas and śākhās were established in various parts of India so there is little doubt that the uniform Jaina tradition regarding Samprati's leaning toward the Nirgrantha religion is essentially based on fact.
REFERENCES
1. The inscription from Badali (Rajasthan), which is definitely a pre
Christian record, is, however, a doubtful case. 2. Ņāyā, 158. 3. Ibid., 154, 157. 4. Ibid., 157. 5. Ibid., 148–9. 6. Ibid., 156. 7. Ibid., 158; Nir., 4.1. 8. Sailana edn., p. 468. 9. Bhag., p. 1614. 10. See SBE, 45, p. 420. 11. Vip. 26; see also the edn. from Kota (1936), pp. 204 ff. 12. p. 2234. 13. See SBE, 22, pp. 288. 14. Para. 37. 15. Ed. A.N. Upadhye, 131.1-4. 16. pp. 572 ff. 17. Bhag., p. 1987. 18. Ibid., pp. 1987 ff. 19. Kota, 1935, pp. 200 ff. 20. SBE, 22, p. 290. 21. See The Age of Imperial Unity, p. 162, n. 4. 22. Since Rohana's preceptor Suhastin was a disciple of Sthūlabhadra (c.
300 BC), Rohana flourished in the middle of the third century BC. 23. SBE, 22, p. 291. 24. Loc. cit. 25. SBE, 22, p. 292. 26. Loc. cit. 27. See Vipākaśruta (Kota, 1935), p. 369; see also Sukhavipāka Sūtra
(Sailana), p. 26. 28. I, 51-2.