Book Title: Jaina Bibliography Part 2
Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust

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________________ 1656 JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY spring from the Buddhism ? Critical discussion of the opinions of Weber and of LASSEN. Comparative study of the moral precepts of the Buddhists, of the Jains and of the Brahmans. Conclusion. Buddhism and Jainism must be regarded as religions which have been developed from Brahmanism, not by the fact of a sudden reformation, but after along movement of preparation. The differences between the principal dogmas of the Jains and of the Buddhists. General conclusion on the origin of Jainism. 1. Jainism is independent, as for its origin, of Buddhism ; it has had a particular development and has not much borrowed from the rival religion. 2. Jainism and Buddhism are indebted to Brahmanism for the principle of their philosophy, their moral and their cosmogony. Value of the Jain tradition. Opinion of M. BARTH. Historical study. The council of Valabhi (980 or 993 of the era of Mahāvīra--454 or 467 A.D.) and the work of Devaraddhigani : codification of the existing manuscripts and of the oral tradition : Constitution of the Jaina canon. Investigation in the matter of the probable period in which the Jaina treatises were drrwn up. They have origin at about 300 B.C. Remarks on the lost treatises, the Purvas and the 12th anga, the 'Dīstivada'. Special reviews on the 'Acārāngasutra' and the 'Kalpasūtra'. Concise analysis of the Acärängasūtra' and account of the principal commentaries, of which this treatise has been the object. Translation of the 'Acārāngasūtra'. Translation of the 'Kalpasūtra'. Index. Part-II, INTRODUCTION Bibliography of the principal works relating to Jainism to 1894, published from 1834 The Nirgranthas and the Jains-Study of the doctrines and of the religious practices of the Nir granthas after the Buddhist books, and comparisons with the Jaina doctrines after the canonical treatises. Almost absolute identity of the two creeds. Two errors of the Buddhists relatively to the Jains : 1. They attribute to Mahavira the doctrines which belong to his predecessor Parsvanáth, Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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