Jaina Bibliography Part 1

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology for the year 1930. Leyden-1932.
Pp. 9-11. The Sittannavāsal Paintings, Pudukotta State by A.H. LONGHURST.
Sittannavāsal a hill situated about 9 miles north-west of Pudukotta town; a Jaina strong-hold; Seventeen stone beds in a natural cavern, one of which contains a short Brahmi inscription of the third century B.C. indicating that the cavern was used as a monastery by the Jains at that period. Paintings in the rock-cut Pallava temple of the 7th century at the foot of the hill. Four short inscriptions in early Pallava Grantha script of the 7th century recording names of visitors. The temple was excavated during the reign of Mahendra I when he was an adherant of the Jaina faith. It contains five life-size rock-cut images of seated nudeja in Tirthankarās. The temple consists of a cella, 9'-6" square and 7'-5" in height with a small pillared verandah in front measuring 22'-6" in length, 7'-6" in width and 8-3" in height. (Fig. 2. plan of cave Temple, Sittannavasal). The sanctum ceiling decorated with coloured floral and geometrical patterns; the central portion of the verandah ceiling and the two cubical pillars contained paintings, representing a Lotus Pond covered with flowers, leaves, fish, water fowl, elephant, cattle and three men (Plate v.). Two graceful female figures (Plate vi) on the two pillars. On the face of one pillar a coloured drawing of a king and his consort.
P. 26. Annual Bibliography of Indian Archarology. No. 6. Eastern Art. An Annual vol. II. Philadelphia 1930.-An illustrated Svetämbara Jaina manuscript of A.D. 1260 by A.K. COOMARSWAMY pp. 237-244.
P. 36. No. 49. The Indian Historical Quarterly vol. VI, Calcutta-1930.
The caste of Chandragupta Maurya by Amalanand GHOSH pp. 271.283. When was the Gomața image at Sravana-Belgola set up? A. VENKATASUBBIAH pp. 290-309. Digambara Jaina Stupa at Mathura, by K. P. JAIN pp. 376-377.
P. 38. No. 52. The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, vol. XVI (1930). A note on the lathigumpha inscription of emperor Khäravela by N. TRIPATHI pp. 189-205. Khāravela and the Madala Panji by N. TRIPATHI pp. 211-215.
P. 40. No. 59. Nägari-Pracharini Patrika in Hindi. Vol. X. Parts 3, and 4. (Samvat 1986) Beneras 1930-Sri Khāravela prasasti aur Jain dharma Ki Prachinată (The Eulogy of Khāravela and the antiquity of the Jain religion) by K.P. JAYASWAL pp. 499-502. Var Nirvana samvat aur Jain Kala-ganana (The era of