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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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P. 247. The Jain author Devasenacharya of the 8th century A.D. in his Darsansära says that Buddha probably first tried Brahmanical and Jain systems of self-realization, and then developed his own.
P. 262. Jainism, about a generation older than Buddhism, anticipated it in some of its features.
P. 277. Nanda kings of Magadha had Jaina ministers. The tradition of the Jainas about their influence on the Nandas is recognised in the later drama Mudra-Rakshasa.
Pp. 296, 300. Jaina texts like the Achāranga, Uttarādhyayana and other Sūtras furnish allusions to social and economic conditions.
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M. V. KRISHNA Rao.-The Gangas of Talkad. Madras, 1936. Frontispiecephoto-Gomateśvara.
Pp. 5-7. Mention of Jain Acharya Simhanandi meeting two princes Didiga and Mädhava of the 1-kshvaku dynasty-his acquisition of gift from Padmavati for the princes and a sword-made a crown from the patels of Karnikara for them provided them with an army. His sermons for them not to descend from the Jains śāsana-a considerable Jain element in the population of Gangavādi --Simhanandi's influence over them. Gangavādi Kingdom found by Simhanandi.
Pp. 12-13. Achārya Simhanandi mentioned with Elāchārya Padmanandinpersonal or religious name of Kundakunda was Padmanandin. Kundakunda referred to by BHANDARKAR and WEBER as one of the earliest Digambāra teachers, a poet and author. Gajadharala Jain (in Kundakunda Samaya-Sara) concludes with doubt the age of Kondakunda to be middle of 3rd century A.D. Samantabhadra and Akalanka two great Digambara teachers of 3rd century A.D. Simhanandi mentioned next to Samantabhadra (E.C.U. 255, 285, 289, 363, 596 etc.).
P. (13) (n). Vidyabhuşana in the introduction to his 'History of Medieval school of Indian logic' assigns Samantabhadra to 600 A.D. (XV).
P. 19. Mention of a grant to Jain temple in Sudi Plates of Butuga dated Ś. 860.
P. 20. Inscriptions at Śravaņa Belgoļa records Mārasimha's death by Sallekhana in 974 A.D.
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