Jain Bibliography

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

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bhadresvar : The Jain temple Jagdusa.
Ambaji : The shrine visited by the Hindus, the Parsis and the Jains-Performance of the chaula or hair-cutting ceremony of their children by the Jains here.
Kumbharia : Handsome marble temples of the Jains-Tradition about the construction of Jain fanes to the number of 360 by Vimala Śā-Of the five Jain temples the most important is that of Neminātha Colossal image of Neminātha in the shrine, and many objects of Jain worship-A temple dedicated to Mahāvīra-Various scenes of Jain mythology as in the temple of Vimala śã at Abu-colossal image of Mahāvīra installed in 1618 A.D., the throne bearing an inscription dated in 1061 A.D.-Temple of śāntinātha-The ceiling of its hall sculptured with Jain mythological scenes–Temples of Pārsvanātha and Sambhava--1092 A.D. the date of Vimala Sā--Construction of the Jain teinples at Kumbharia may be ascribed to the middle of the eleventh century:
Sirohi : Inhabited mostly by the Jains or Śrāvakas-16 Jain temples, the earliest and largest being that of Chāmukhji.
Mirpur : An old Jain temple, spoken of as one dedicated to Godinātha-Three small modern Jain temples containing a few old inscribed Jain images.
Jhadoli: A Jain temple dedicated to śāntinátha, originally dedicated to Mahāvīra-An inscription-stone recording installation by Śri-Devachandra Sūri of an image of Risabhanātha.
Pindwara : An inscription in the temple of Mahāvīra recording installation of an image of Vardhamana in Samvat 1665 in the village of Pimdaravādaka, i.e., Pindwara-Deposition in the temple of old brass images found in a Jain temple at Vasantgadh.
Nandia : Temple of Mahāvīra. Ajari : Jain temple dedicated to Mahāvīra.
Vasantgadh: Jain temple--Inscription on a Jain image recording installation of the image of Vasantapura i.e., Vasantgadh in the reign of Kumbhakarna in 1450 A.D.-Brass images unearthed and deposited in Mahāvīra's temple at Pindwara.