History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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Agamas translated into English).
VII. A clarion call of Prof. Winternitz, the Jaina contributions in the linguistic field and their evaluation, intonation, versified commentaries, synonyms, nikkheva, nirutta, grammatical information, poetics, sutta, its significance, characteristics and equivalents, allegations about the use of the. word sutta, gatapratyāgatasūtras, probably a peculiarity of the Jaina canon, origin of the Praśnottara-paddhatti, ethics, maxims, metaphysics, logic, syadvāda, saptabhangi, parallels in non-Jaina literature, the ascetic literature of ancient India, the Jaina literature, a wonderful store-house for stories, tales, fables, anecdotes, parables etc., folk-lore, music, staging of dramas, erotic, mathematics, alchemy, the science of medicine, modern branches of knowledge and their nucleus as embodied in the canonical literature, paleographic and educational data furnished by the canonical literature, ethnology, foot-wear and outfit, nautical, water, stick, and lullaby.
(Evaluations of Jaina literature by occidental scholars from 1876-1903. the word sūtra used in various senses in olden days, Prof. Charpentier's view about the use of the word sūtra by the Jainas and the Bauddhas, articles on Jaina ethics, varieties of pramāna Jñāta and vivāda, references about Samana and Bambhana, the legend about Sagara's sons and the descent of the Ganges kinds of serpents, and 29 types of Pāpaśruta.