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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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TAUK, UMRAO SINGH. A Dictionary of Jaina Biography Part 1-A. Arrah (India), 1917.
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JAINI, J. L. Jaina Gem Dictionary. Arrah (India), 1918. A Dictionary of Jain Technical Terms for an understanding of the Jain literature.
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RICHARDS, F. J. Salem, Vol. I, 2 Pts. Madras, 1918. (MDG).
Vol. I, Pt.1, pp. 51-52. Amoghavarsa I (A.D. 814-877) was a devout supporter of the Jain faith and a great patron of literature.
Vol. I, Pt. 1, p. 58 and n. 12. Gañga Rāja, the general of BittiDeva, better known as Visņu Vardhana, was one of the three chief supporters of the Jain religion. The other patrons of the religion were Camuṇḍaraya, minister of Mara Singa, the Talakad Ganga, and Hulla, the minister of the Hoysala Narasimha I.
Vol. I, Pt. 1, p. 59. Destruction of Jain temples by the Cholas. Vol. I. Pt. 1, p. 125, n. 1. Dr. Oppert's theory of origin of Right and Lefe Hand Factions (or the struggle between Jainism and Brāhmaṇism).
Vol. I. Pt. 2, p. 202. The inscription of Mahendra in the Mallikarjuna maṇḍapa records the building of a Jain Basti or Tagadur by two brothers Nidhiyanna and Chandiyanna, sons of a merchant of Śrīmangala.
Both the Jain and Saiva faiths flourished side by side in the ninth century at Dharmapuri under the imperial patronage of the Nolamba kings, but no relics of the Jain Basti have survived the ravages of time. Vol. I. Pt. 2, p. 240. At Salem there is a Jain figure, seated in an attitude of meditation, now known as Talai-vetti-muni-appan, or the "Muni-with-a-broken-crown".
