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part but becomes circular above and bears 'shallow flutes crossed by lateral bands at regular intervals'. The capital is generally a fluted vase supporting an elaborate super-structure carried on an Nabacus supported by figures of rampant gryphons,
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C. SIVARAMAMURTI-Royal conquests and cultural migrations in south India and the Deccan, Calcutta, 1955.
P. 10. Mahendravarman was a Jain originally and later on he was converted by the saint Appar. The Pandya king Arikesari Paränkusa was also a Jain but later on converted. The story of Sambanda gives a graphic account of how the saint convinced the king and converted him and how the Jains suffered a defeat.
Colossal monolithic Buddhas and Jaina figures like those from the Southern Tamil districts a few of which are now preserved in the Madras Museum.
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S. B. DEO-The History of Jaina Monachism from Inscriptions and Literature. (Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, Vol. XVI. Nos. I-4) Poona, 1956.
Pages 608. Part I, Chapter I-Indian Monachism; Chapter II, The sources for the study of Jaina monachism; Chap. III, the origin and antiquity of
Samanism;
Part II. Chapter I: The historical background of Jain monachism;
Part III-Chapter I: The Angas and the Malasätras; Cha. 2, The Chedasätras, Niryuktis and the rest of the texts of the canon; Chapter 3, the post canonical texts; Chapter 4, the order of nuns ;
Part IV. Chap. I. Jaina monachism from epigraphs; Social Impacts of Jaina monachism;
Part V. Chapter I. Part VI.-Chapter I.
tions.
Conclusions. Appendix; Bibliography and abbrevia
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P. C. Roy CHOUDHARY-Jainism in Bihar. Patna, 1956.
Contents-Jainism and Bihar; Jain Religion: Jain Architecture; Paras Nath hills; Kuluha hills; Jain antiquities (Mandehum and Singhahur Gaya, Shahabad, Bhagalpur, Patna and Muzaffarpur).
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