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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vāraņa gana' with two of his kulas, the Aryyacetiya and the Puśyamitriya; Kottiya gana, and his subdivisions, the Thāniya kula and the Vaira šakha, of one part, and the Brahmadāsika Kula and the Ucenāgari śākha, of other part. These inscriptions prove, besides, the existence of nuns in the Jaina community.
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G. BÜHLER. Further proofs of the Authenticity of the Jaina Tradition (Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes. Vol. II, Pp. 141-147; Vol. III, Pp. 233---240; Vol. IV, Pp. 313-331). Wien, 1888-1890.
1. A new Jaina inscription, dated in the year 7 of Kaniska. Facsimile out of text, transcription and translation of an inscription of Mathura.
Date: 7th year of the reign of Kaniska, that is to say (if the question is of the Śaka era) end of the year 85 A.D. It is a Jaina inscription which proves the existence in this period at Mathura, of the Uddeha gana and of the first branch of this school, the Nāgabhūta Kula.
II. Four new Jaina inscriptions from the Kankālı Tilā. Text, transcription and historical study of 4 inscriptions coming from Mathura.
2. Saka 84 (A.D. 162). Mention of the Kottiya gana sthāniya Kula, Vairā Sakha and Sriguha sambhoga.
3. Śaka 95 ( A.D. 173). Same statements as in the preceding inscriptions, except the sambhoga.
4. Without date. Mention of the Vāraņa gana. Kaniyasika Kula. These informations on the Jaina schools have been reconciled with the information furnished by the Kalpasūtra. Besides, the inscription in No. 2 shows that the cult of Sarasvati was considered as orthodox by the Svetāmbaras in the 2nd century. At last the identification of the era of the Indo-Scythian kings with the Saka era is regarded by BÜHLER as "perfectly possible".
III. Statistic of the Jaina inscriptions brought to light at Mathura upto 1890.
Information furnished by these inscriptions on the organisation of the Jaina order. General comparison with the ideas of the "Kalpasūtra". Systematic list of the schools, monks and nuns, whose names have been quoted in the inscriptions. General deducations.
1. Importance of the Kottiya gana often mentioned.
2. The inscriptions recall always a series of successive Jaina masters, that proves how much the tradition was respected in tne community.
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