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W. TAYLOR-Oriental Historical Manucripts. 2 Vols. Madras, 1835.
Vol. 1, P. 184. Sambandar and his controversies with the Jains-Naladiyar and its origin.
Vol. ii, P. 83. The Ellora sculptures are in part the work of the Jains. Vol. ii, P. 86. Jain religion in the South of India above the Chauts.
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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
J. Dowson. On the geographical Limits, History, and Chronology of the Chera Kingdom of ancient India (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Old Series), Vol. VIII, Pp. 1-29). London, 1846.
Historical reviews relating to the Jains. The king Govindaraya made a gift of land in favour of a Jaina temple in 82 A.D.
A Jain of the name of Naganandin, was minister of Govindaraya and of his two predecessors Krisṇaraya and Kāla Vallabhāraya. Tiruvikramadeva, son of Caturbhuja Kanaradeva, was converted from the Jainism to the Sivaism (178 A. D.). In 878 A.D. under the reign of Malladeva II, a donation was made to the Jains at Ani.
An Inscription of the dynasty of the Chalukyas, dated of 1071 A.D., relates to the destruction of the Jain temples of Laksmeswar by the Cholas.
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J. BIRD-Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jain Religions-Bombay, 1847.
This work treats specially of the Buddhism. Incidentally however it deals with. the Jainism. It serves to point out, among others, the following points:
Resemblances and differences between the Buddhism and the Jainism. Description of the grottos of Elura. The Digambaras and the Svetämbaras. The ascetics and the laic disciples. Jaina doctrines in general. Philosophical principles; the deliverance. Cosmology.
(An analysis of this work has given in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. II, Pp. 71-108).
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