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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1989
F.J. RICHARDS-Note on the cultural geography of the Wynad. (Ind. Ant. Vol. LXI, 1932, Bombay).
P. 195. The Nayars, Brahmans, Jains and Muhammadans of the Wynad do not differ from their Kinsmen in the plains. The Pathiyan Kurumbars appear to be under the spiritual authority of Jains. (Gopalan Nair's WYNAD, its people and Traditions. p. 87 ; THURSTON'S Castes and Tribes, IV, p. 161).
P. 197. The Wynad abounds in relics of ancient cultures; some of them prehistoric, such as sculptures, caves, shrines and inscriptions associated with Jainism, Buddhism (perhaps) and orthodox Hinduism.
1990
DR, BHANDARKAR-The Nagar Brahmans and the Bengal Kāyasthas. (Ind. Ant. Vol. LXI-1932, Bombay).
P. 66. The Mauryas, merged among the Rajputa as a Paramāra subdivision called Moris and amongst the Marhātņas as a surname known as More.
P. 67. The Nāgars were an ancient tribes; their Nägar script. The Buddhist monk Lalita-vistar (2nd or 3rd century A.D.) enumerates 64 scripts, but makes no mention of a Nāgar alphabet. The Nandi-sūtra (5th century A.D.) of the Jains gives a list of 18 scripts which Rishabhadeva, the first Tīrthankara, mastered, and we find Nāgari-lipi mentioned among them. The word Nāgari (in the Marathi-English Dictionary) means "relating to the Nagar Brāhman-language; character of writing, etc. The Nāgar Brāhmaṇs to this day use the Nāgari script though they live in different parts of India,
1991
S. N, SINHA and N. K. BASU--History of Prostitution in India.
Calcutta, 1933.
P. VII (Intro.)-Maintenance of regular institutions for training up Gamikas mentioned in Jain canonical text.
1992
L. A. Krishna IYER--Migration. (A study of the Traditional origin of the Dravidian Peoples of Travancore)-(QJMS. Vol. 25-No. 4, 1935, Bangalore).
P. 254. The Vellalas : The Vellalas of Anjanand trace their migration to Travancore to the story of Kovalan and Kannaki (Silappadikaram)-The story
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