History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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about the identity of Tattvāditya and Tattvācārya, information about Abhayadeva Sūri, Prof. H. D. Velankar's view about Kotyācārya's period examined, some of the writers of svopajña commentaries, the period when the Jainas settled in Gujarat, and names of the 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 pra paddhati, ethics, maxims, metaphysics, logic, syādvāda, 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, palaeographic 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 18761903, 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 pramāņa, jñāta and vivāda, references about Samaņa and Bambhaņa, the legend about Sagara's sons and the descent of the Ganges, kinds of serpents, and 29 types of pāpaśruta.)