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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vol. 9,pp. 58-59, 158-159, 252-265. Murshidabad: The Jains are specially influential in the District of Murshidabad. Harakh Chand Jagat Seth, the fourth Jagat Seth, renounced Jainism and became a Vaiṣṇava. The Parasnath hill in the Hazaribagh District is the most celebrated place of Jain pilgrimage in Bengal. It is thought to have been built by Khusal Chand, the predecessor of Harakh Chand.
Vol. 11, p. 64. Jains in Patna.
Vol. 12. pp. 39, 41. Gaya: The Jains have a temple at Gaya, and another at Navada-Ruins of Jain temples are common all over the district, testifying to their former ascendency.
Vol. 14, pp. 82-83, 86-87. Bhagalpur Kabirpur, situated near Champanagar, is a place of worship belonging to the Jains. Below the buildings of the sannyasis in Sultangunj is a small temple dedicated to Pārsvanath. The sannyasis say that Baidyanatha has given orders that the Jains shall no longer worship on his sacred rock.
Vol. 15, p. 60. Jains in Munghyr.
Vol. 16, pp. 84, 207-227, 318. Jains in Hazaribagh: Their history Philosophy Religion Pilgrimages to Parasnath hill Lohardaga.
Jains in
Vol. 17, pp. 40, 298-302. Jains in Singbhum: Ruins of Jain temples in Manbhum.
Vol. 18, p. 79. Jains in Cuttack.
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The Rajputana Gazetteer. 2 Vols. Calcutta, 1879.
Vol. 1, Introduction, p. 70, 90. The Osväl section of the Jains which had its beginning in Rajputana, is perhaps the largest among the merchants. At Rikabdeo in the south west of Mevär, is a famous shrine of the Sarãogis; and the temples on Mount Abu are much resorted to by Hindus as well as Jains on pilgrimage.
Vol. 1, Bikanir, p. 195, 198, 291. Among the Hindus, the Jains are very strong and a great many merchants belong to the Osval division of that sect. Jain monasteries as places of instruction in ancient days. At Reni there is a handsome Jain temple built in A.D. 942. In the city of Bikanir there are seven Jain monasteries (upāśrayas) which possess numerous Sanskrit works.
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