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G. SMALL-A handbook of Sanskrit Literature. London, 1866.
Pp. 106-107. General review on the Jains.
The Tirthakaras-Characters of the Jainism.-Yatis and śrävakas-The sects; the Digambaras and Svetambaras.-Jaina literature-Geographical division of the Jains.
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A. WEBER-Uber ein Fragment der Bhagavati Berlin, 1866-67. First part (1866).
Introduction. The Jaina texts known upto the time when WEBER studied the 'Bhagavat': The 'Kalpasütra', the 'Satrunjayamahatmya' and the 'Saryaprajñapti". The 'Bhagavati' in general. Anteriority of this work over the precedents. Manuscript of the 'Bhagavati' studied by WEBER: age; external division of the text; abreviations; peculiarities of the writing, etc.
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Section I-The language of the 'Bhagavati". The Magadhi; agreements of this dialect with the Magadhi of the Prakrit grammarians, with the language of the inscriptions of Asoka, with the Mahärăştri and Pali. Phonetic of the Magadhi. Frequent substitution of the 'y' for other sounds; the nasals; the vowels; the consonants. Morphology. Declension: the nouns, the pronouns, the names of numbers. Conjugation; radicals, imperative, potential, aorist, future, passive, participles, infinitive, causative, desiderative, intensive. Derivation. Study of the principal suffixes. Syntax and lexicography. Two facsimiles besides text reproduce four passages of the manuscript of the 'Bhagavati".
Second Part (1867)
Section II.-The contents of the 'Bhagavati'. Detailed analysls of the books More rapid analysis of the books XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI and General recapitulation and explanation of the doctrine of the 'Bhagavati'. Section III. The legend of Khamdaka (Bhagvati, II, I, 18-80). text, translation and commentary.
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Appendix I.-Description of the person of Mahavira, after the commentary of Malayagiri on the 'Suryaprajñapti', comparison with the description of Buddha. Appendix II.-Description of the person of Indrabhüti, after the 'Bhagavati". Index of the words.
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