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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1485
referred Jain works for more information...the word Aristanemi appears at least in the Santipath of the Mundak. Prašna, and Mandukya Upanishads of the Atharvaveda.... in Panini VI. 2. 100 there is reference to an Ariştaśritapuram (a city where Arista had taken up an abode)...It is significant that the Jain works contained detailed accounts of the lives of the first Tirthankar Rṣabhadeva & 22nd, 23rd and 24th Tirthankaras...Rṣabha is revered both by the Bhāgavatas and Jains.conclusion. The origin of the two religions cannot be placed (125) earlier than about .c. 3050 to 3000. The latest date arrived at by some is B.C. 1100. The said forigin cannot therefore have taken place later than between B.C. 1050 and 1000.
Pp. 107-25. Earliest date is c. 3050 to 3000 B.c. and the latest c. 1100 B.C. and both are evolved from the Nivrtti-dharma.
1785
Ajit PRASAD-The contribution of Jainism to religious thought-Aryan Path, xlll, Malabar Hill, Bombay, 1942. Pp. 99-103.
P. 436. Early Buddhist and Jain texts show that there were various kinds of ascetics wandering students.
P. 437. Ahimsa-it is not certain whether Ahimsa sprang up under the Jains or they exploited some life-sparing tradition already there..
1786
Sukumar SEN-Is the cult of Dharma a living Relic of Buddhism in Bengal? (B. C. LAW vol. Pt. I, Calcutta, 1945).
P. 669. The cult of Dharma is the most primitive and native form of religious practice in Bengal. The eptreme austerities of the Gajan celebrations may indicate Jain or allied influence.
Jain Education International
1787
Phani Bhusan Roy-Brahmanism and Jainism. (B. C. Law volume, Part I, Calcutta 1945), pp. 527-529.
Pp. 527-529. Jainism a Pauruşeya and Brahmanism an Apauruşeya religionpauruşeya religions are proselytizing cults-Pauruşeya Jainism should be renamed as Vedic religion, i.e, the religion of Veda (truth).
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