Jaina Bibliography Part 2

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

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Characteristics of two sects of the Jains. Jainism, also lays stress on doctrine of transmigration. Jains although dissenting from the Veda regard themselves as Hindus.
Pp. 515-518 (Appendix No. 5). The Jain doctrine.
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J. ALWIS--The six Tirtaka (Indian Antiquary, vol. VIII, Pp. 311-314).Bombay, 1879.
Account, after different Buddhistic works, on the six Tirthakas, who bear the following names :
1. Kaśyapa, surnamed Purna.
2. Makkhaligosāla.
3. Nigaạtha Nātaputta. 4. Ajita Kesakambala.
5. Sanjayabellance. 6. Kakudha Kätyāyana.
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Max DUNCKER- The History of Antiquity, (From the German by Evelyn Abbott), vol. 4, London, 1880.
Book VI. Chapter III. The Kingdom of Magadha and the settlement in the south.
Chapter VI; Chandragupta and Magadha.
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Shoshee Chunder DutT--India, Past and Present. London, 1880.
P. 144. Jainism superior to the general religion of the country. The Jains also repudiate the Vedas. Like the Vaisnavas and unlike the Buddhists, they adhere to caste. They explain Nirvana more fully by distinctly assigning to the liberated souls a spiritual life for ever and ever. Of the saints worshipped by them Ādinatha, Pārsvanātha and Mabāvīra are the most important.