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greatest pride in decorating temples, the Jains possess more religious edifices than the other Hindus.
Vol. 3. Pp. 407-408. Mahāvīra's followers at one time prevailed in Southern India - Jain works still the most remarkable in Dravidian literature greatest respect for all living things, from the venomous snake to the smallest animalcule, the "four duties of the Jain, their spirit of fellowship-some of their sanctuaries, such as those of Palitana, Mt. Abū, Junägarh, Pārasnāth, are amongst the most magnificent in the world.
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F. L. PULLE-La cartografia antica dell' India. Parle I (Studi italisani di Filologia indo-iranica, vol. IV).-Firenze, 1901.
Pp. 14-15. Enumeration of the Jaina treatises relating to the geography, namely:
Kșetrasamāse, of Jinabhādra, with commentary of Malayagiri; Laghukṣetrasamāsa, of Ratnasekhara, with commentary ; Vrihannauyaksetrasamāsasūtra, of Somatilakasūri, Samghayaņi (Samgrahại). of Can Irazúri, disciple of Abhayadevasüri, with commentary of Devabhadra. Special reviews on the Kșetrasamāsa, the Samgrahani, the Trailokyadipiki and the Lok aprakaśa.
Pp 19-20. Jaina system of the islands and of the seas according to the Jwabhigamasūtri and the Bhagavall.
Pp. 35.41. De cription of the Jambudvipa according to the Jaina geography the Hanumaecaritra. Analysis of the Jumiuddiv zpannatli (Jambudvīpaprajñapli), containing the orthodox geographical tradition of the Jains. Brief analysis of the Jambudurpasamgrahant of Haribhadra, work on which Prabhānanda wrote a commentary called Kşetrasamgrahani.
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V. A. SMITH-Vaiśāli (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1902, Pp. 267-288). London, 1902.
Pp. 282 Sqq. Vaišāli according to the Jaina tradition. The town included three parts : Vaiśāli properly called, Kundagrāma and Vaniyagrāma. Vaišāli is represented today by Bisa hgarh (Besarh). Vaniyagrāma (the actual village of Baniya was the residence of Mahävira. As regards Kundagrāma, perhaps it is now the village of Basukund,
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