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Brahmachari, SITAL PRASADJI-Jainism a key to true Happiness. Jaipur, 1951.
Pp. VII-133. True happiness; Soul, energy and fate, principles of Jainism; inflow and Bondage; etc...
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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
G. VENKAT RAO-Asoka's Dhamma (Dharma) (Publication and year nil). (Krishnaswami Aiyangar commemoration vol.).
P. 261. Any tinge of Brahmanical or Jain influence that is discovered in it (Asoka's Dhamma) may be traced to Asoka's own Catholic outlook.
1797
Hiralal R. KAPADIA-A syllogism Pertaining to Ahimsa. (Jain. Ant., vol. XVIII, No. I), Arrah, 1952.
Pp. 16 to 19. The doctrine of ahimsa has captured and enraptured the hearts of the Indians from the hoary antiquity. The great vow of ahimsa occupies the central place in Jainism, Dasaveyaliya, a canonical treatise of the Svetämbaras, sheds ample light on the conduct of the Jaina alergy. Dasavej aliya-nijjutti, ten parts of a syllogism with Sanskrit equivalents and with English rendering.
1798
Jain Education International
Sashi Kanta JAIN-Some common elements in the Jain and Hindu Pantheons-1. Yakshas and Yakshinis (Jain, Ant., vol. XVIII, No. II). Arrah, 1952 Pp. 32 to 35 and vol. XIX, No. I, 1953, Pp. 21 to 23.
Yakshas and Yakshinis are technically known as "Sasan devata" "Guardian deities'. Indra appoints one Yaksha and one one Yakshini to serve each Tirthankara as attendants. Their full representation in sculpture is found in the specimens of the Gupta period, and thereafter, the epoch which saw the expansion and elaboration of Brahmanic pantheon. The conceptions of the Yakshas are found mixed with those of such Brahmanic gods as Brahma Siva, Vishnu, Skanda, Indra, Varuna, Seshanaga, Yama, Kubera and such semi-divine beings as the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras and among the Yakshinis analogous representations may be traced with such Brahmanic Goddesses as the cosorts of Visņu, Brahma, Śiva, Kama, Yama, Varuna and Agni and the goddess Tară. Comparative study of the Jain Yaksa-Yaksiņis with Hindu gods. and goddesses made.
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