Jaina Bibliography Part 1

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

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. 1705. Travancore State.
102. Nagercoil (Ancient Köṭṭāru): Tamil. On a pillar. Records in K.A. 692 gift of land at the request of two Jain priests Guru Vira Pandita and Kamalayahana Pandita.
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NAHAR, P.C. Jaina Inscriptions, containing index of places, glossary of names of Shravaka castes and gotras of Gachhas and Acharyas with dates. Pt. I. Calcutta, 1918. (Jaina Vividha Sahitya Shastra Mala, No. 8).
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BANERJI-SASTRI, Anantaprasad. Early Inscriptions of Bihar and Orissa. Patna,
Pp. 1-6. Muriyakala in the Khāravela inscription. This Maurya epoch to be distinguished from dynastic or regnal years, Mauriyakāla an epitome of the Indian sense of history;
P. 10. Hinduism a synthesis of the inner spirit of Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism.
P. 12. Hindu age a problem of culture-assimilation-Buddhist and Jain in its youth, received Brahmanical in its prime, Hindu (i. e., Brahmana-BuddhistJain) in its fulfilment ; inscriptions of Khāravela preach Jainism.
P. 30. Chandragupta Maurya a Jain; Vrisala means-one foreign-born or professing a non-Bhahmanic religion.
P. 34. Buddhist and Jains regarded as one common non-Brahmanical faith, Asoka a Jaina according to Kalhana (Rajatarangint, I, 102; viii, 13391) and AiniAkabari.
Pp. 35 36. The term Jina in Rajatarangini, (I, 102) might mean Buddha, In the time of Lakṣmaṇasena of Bengal the Buddhist and Jaina cultures were merged into each other; Bhuvaneswara inscriptions show the final stage of amalgamations of Buddhism, Jainism and Brahamanism in one comprehensive and all embracing outlook.
Pp. 124-131. In the 6th century B.c. India was passing through a period of religious enthusiasms. The Upanisadic Brahmanas were laying down rules of life in the Dharmasutras Vardhamana and Gautama were preaching their respective view points of salvation in Jainism and Buddhism. It was at this epoch, Gosala founded his sect of Ajivikas, noted for their dislike of austerities bordering on fanaticism; Vardhamana, Gautama and Godala all against the Brahmanas;