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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
According to some of the Indus people were of Dravidian stock. The Jaina tradition claims that the progeny of Prince Dravida, who was the son of Rishabha, the first Tirthankara came to be known as Dravidas among whom Jainism played an important role. The antiquities of Mohenjodaro and Harrapa betray evidence of the Jaina influence in the following aspects :-(i) Nudity-people of Mohen. jodaro also held nudity with esteem and as sacred. (ii) rogadharma--A number of statuettes characterised by half shut people worshipped the images of the Yogis. The bull is the emblem of Jaina Rishabha. The standing diety figured on seals three to five (Pl. II) with a bull may be the proto-type of Rishabha (iii) Adorable dieties---Prof. PRAN Nath deciphered the inscription of the Indus seal No. 449 and he read on it the word Jineśvara'. (iv) Mode of worship--Indus people observed the Arati worship like Jainas. (v) Sacred symbols-Mohenjodaro seals and tablets contain representations of the bull, buffalo, rhinoceros, tiger, elephant, crocodile, goat, svastika and tree. These are the very representations which are found on the images of the Tirthankaras as their respective emblems, (vi) Traditional dataSeal No. 1, on plate cxvi, and 7 on pl. cxvii, represent six nude human figures, The nudity and Kāyotsarga posture of these Yogis are essential characteristics of Jaina Sramanas. (vii) Images--A terra-cotta figure represents a nude man standing full front which probably represents a naked Jaina Yogi. A statuette from Harappa (Pl. x) represents a Jaina Yogi in Kayotsarga posture.
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S. B. Deo, Jain temples, monks and nuns in Poona (city) (Jain, Ant., Vol. XVI, No. I) Arrah, 1950. Pp. 17 to 33.
There are seven Svetämbara and four Digambara temples in Poona. The Sthanakawasis, a non-idolatrous sect of the Jains, have one Sthanaka. The idolatrous svetambaras are in majority in Poona. Forbidden to wander in rainy season the Jain monks wander throughout India in the remaining eight months of the year, Different temples described. "Svetāmbara monasteries, Svetāmbara monks, Sathānaka vasi, Sthănakavasi monks, Digambara Jain temples described, Digambara Jain monks. (i) The Svet, worship the whole idol while the Dig. worship only the fact. (ii) No ornaments on the Dig. idols while the Svet, have.
(ii) The Dig. idols are naked while the Svet. idols have loin-cloth. (iv) The Dig. idols have their eyes cast down as if in meditation while Svet. idols have staring glass eyes looking in front of them.
There is no monastery for Dig, monks in Poona while the Svet, have two,
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