Jain Bibliography

Author(s): Chhotelal Jain
Publisher: Bharti Jain Parisad

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vol. 1. pp. 177, 294. The Jains. There are 9 Jain temples in Bombay. There are no Digambara temples in Bombay.
Vol. 1. p. 454 n. Many Jains in Bombay deal in pearls. Vol. 3, p. 353. Among Jain temples the most noteworthy are one at the corner of Parel road, facing Paidhoni, and another on Malabar hill.
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NELSON, A. E. Bilaspur District. Vol. A. Descriptive. Allahabad, 1910. (CPDG).
P. 255. On the site of an old temple of Devi in Adbhar, Chandarpur estate, is a hut containing a Jain seated figure.
P. 265. Reference to Jain remains and fragments of statuary in Dhanpur, Pendra zemindāri.
A curious relic is a huge figure of a Jain naked god carved out of a large cylindrical rock.
P. 313. At Balalpur there are about 20 families of Digambara Jains and many of the Svetambaras.
P. 341. In the town of Karanja are three Jain mandirs. P. 358. In the village of Mundgaon stands a Jain temple.
Pp. 59, 368. The block of four large covered cisterns with broken but graceful arches rising above them in the hill fort of Narnala is thought by some to be the handiwork of the Jains.
Pp. 54, 55, 389-391. The village of Sirpur in Basim tāluk is a very holy spot to Jains. Within Berar, Muktagiri in the Ellichpur täluk of Amraoti district is also a holy place of the Jains. Sirpur has two Jain temples, the great object of reverence is an image of Antarīkṣa Pārsvanatha in the chief temple belonging to the Digambara Jain community. The story about the image is narrated. This temple has an inscription dated Samvat 1334 (A.D. 1406). On either side of the doorway are nude Jain figures and over the lintel is a small seated Jina. In the shrine are two small marble Jinas.
P. 392. Telhara town, west of Akot tāluk: a Svetāmbara Jain has built a temple to Padmaprabhu.
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BROWN, C. Akola District. Vol. A. Descriptive. Calcutta, 1910. (CPDG).
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