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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jaina Šakațāyana Vyakarana of Pályakirti, a contemporary of king Amoghavarsha (817-877); the commentary Amoghavrti of the author still unpublished.
Siddhahaimaśabdānusāsana of Hemachandra (1088-1172), with his own Brihad-vritti (c. 1130 A.D.)
P. 495. Significance of Vishaya ; Jainendra, Sākatāyana and Hemachandra take it as rashtra, and Vardhamāna (1140 A.D.), as Janapada, which is the same thing.
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B. SUBBARA0-Baroda through the Ages, Baorda, 1953.
Pp, 10-11. The Rāshtrakütas were great patrons of Jainism and Aukottaka became a great centre of Svetāmbara Jainism with temples etc. A group of images from these Jaina temples have been discovered The Jain temples continued to flourish on the banks of the river Vishvamitri in ancient Akota. One of the images of Jinatrayi found at Akola is dated 1006 v.s. (949 A.D.) In 1207 during the invasion of Gujrat by Alp Khan, the Jaina community hurriedly buried all their precious images collected in over four centuries, to prevent them from falling into Muslim hands. A hoard of Jain Bronzes dating from 6th to the 11th century comining from a Jain monastery at Anko laka (to which fortunately we have literary references) were buried in an impoverished pit in the abandoned area of the town.
U, P. SHAH - A Note on the Akota Hoard of Jaina Bronzes. A big hoard of Jain bronzes from the site of Akola. A brief outline of the history of these finds and the description of the images and literary evidence, given. Most important in the whole collection is the inscribed bronze of Jivanta svāmi (paper 1, 2), assigned to c. 550 A.D. It represents Mahāvira meditating at home, before, fipal renunciation Images of this type show ornaments on the person of Jina, not otherwise sanctioned in Jaina iconography. Jiwantasvāmi icon represents a sort of Tirthankara-sattva, the analogy of the term Bodhisaltva. The biggest bronze in the hoard is that of a standing figure of Adinātha. It may tentatively be assigned to the latter half of the fifth century A.D. The earliest known example in India of a Tirthankara image showing a dhoti on the person, i. e., of the Svetāmbara sect; the earlier specimens from Mathura or Chausa are all nude.
Part III.
A Historical Survey of Baroda through the Ages.
P. 113. Early Medieval period-Baroda is mentioned in the Jain literature in the 8th century. Haribhadrasüri (701-771 A.D.) in his Upadeśapada mentions "Vadavadde" which is Baroda.
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