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Mori CHANDRA. An illustrated Ms. of Mahapuräna in the Collection of Sri Digambar Jain Naya Man lir, Delhi (Lalit Kala No. 5. 1959 --New Delhi).
Pp. 68-81. Pushpadanta, author of the Mahāpurāņa (965 A. D.) enjoyed the patronage of Bharat, the minister of the Rashtrakūta King Krishna III (139-968 A. D.). Author's life ; Mahapurana describes the life of 63 prominent figures of the Jaina faith ; stories--some narrated ; life of Rishabha ; Bharata (son of Rishabha) his universal compaign ; his brother Bāhubali's refusal to accept his sovereignty ; stories of other mythological persons; The Digambara Jain wall paintings in the Indrasabhā cave temples of Ellora (8th-13th centuries), the appearance of a naked Jain monk on a palanquin accompanied by woman and soldiers in the Brahmanical Kailās temple at Ellorā (12th century) and the Tirumalai frescos (11th12th century) in South India bespeak to the artistic activity of the Digambaras. The only illustrated Digambara Jain palm-leaf Ms. of Shaykhandāgam with Dhavala Tikā is datable to 1112-1120 A. D. ; The miniatures-earliest known of the Digambara Jain sect. The illustrated Mss. of the Mahāpurāna, datable to the 16th century. Description of the illustrated Ms. of the Mahapurāna in the collection of the Sri Digambara Nayā Mandir, Delhi ; its technique discussed. Jaipur Mahāpurāna dated 1540 and painted at Pālam, a village near Delhi, bear close stylistic affinities with the illustrations of the Nayā Mandir Mahapurāna.
P. 81. Description of plates-1 in colours and 8 in mono colour.
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Frits A. WAGNER.
Indonesia.
The Art of an Island Group. London, 1959.
P. 78. Buddhism and Jainism rejected the authority of the priests-barrenritualism Jainism had no significance so far as Indonesia is concerned.
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Tamil Art and Culture in Pudukkottai (Q: J. M. S. Vol. 50,
K. D. SWAMINATHAN. No. 1. 1959) Bangalore.
Po. 63-64. Comments and certain errors in the article on Evolution of Tamil Art and Culture in Pudukkottai ---by C. R. SUBRAMANIAN-published in Vol. XLIX, Pp. 92-95 of this journal).
No evidence to show that the natural rayerns and dwellings of the primitive tribes such as Karumbars and Vedas prior to the arrival of the Jains. The drip lines do not indicate that were shelters for the monks. The cave temples in Pudukkottai are mostly of Muthurāiyer or Pandyan origin.
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