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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2. Among the authorities cited, there are six very little known and who are exactly quoted in the same order as in Panini.
General comparison of the Jainendravyākarana with Pāņini. The terminology of the Jainendravyākarana. Review on the commentary (Mahāvritti) of Abhayanandin. Text of the first sūtras of the Jainendravyākarana with indication of the corresponding passages of Pāṇini.
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The Prakrita-Lakshanam or Chanda's Grammar of the Ancient (Arsha) Prākrit. Edited by R. HOERNLE. Part I (Bibliotheca Indica). Calcutta, 1880.
INTRODUCTION
Canda, the supposed author of the ‘Prākritalakṣaṇa' was perhaps a Jain, who lived towards the commencement of the Christian era. The 'Prākrtalaksana' attributed to Pāņini by Kedāra Bhatta and by Malayagiri in his commentary on the 'Süryaprajñapti'. Critical study of the manuscripts which have been utilised for the edition :
System of writing, phonetical peculiarities, terms etc. Critical rules applied in the making out of the text, considerations on the nature and age of the Prākrit which the grammar of Caņda compared to those of Vararuci and of Hemacandra. Text of the 'Prakrtalaksana', with diverse appendices. Index of the sūtras. Index of the Prākrit words
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Robert Needham Cust--Linguistic ond Oriental Essays, written fram the year, 1846 to 1876. London, 1880.
P. 121. The Jains appear to have had their career of supremacy in Southern India, but they have dwindled away to an inconsiderable sect; they admit caste, and if they abandon their heresay, can be admitted back into full privileges, from which they are only partially excluded. They carry their respect to animal life to very extravagant lengths.
P. 134. The Jain religion is an admixture of Buddhist and Brahmanical doctrines.
P. 425. Dr. EGGELING's exhibition of some Jain palm-leaves dating from the twelfth to the fourteenth century A.D., the oldest date that can safely be assigned to any Indian manuscript,
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