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A. N. UPADHYE-Review of Pravacanasāra. Ed. by Baren Faddegon. (A.B.OR.I. Vol. XVII ; 1935-36), P. 87.
.. a modarate attempt, so far as Pravacanasār is concerned has been already made (by A. N. UPADHYE) in the Journal of the University of Bombay, Vol. II, Part VI. Towards the problem of Kundakunda's date vide... Merkara Copper plates of 466 A.D. (looked upon as apocryphal by some) mention Kundakundānvaya, and Sarvårt hasiddhi (II, 10) of Pujyapāda quotes some gathas in the same order as found in Bāras Anuvekka of Kundakunda. A close study of their works shows that the relative chronology should be like this : Kundakunda, Umāsvāti, Samantabhadra, Siddhasena, and Pūjyapad (5th century A.D.). So it is more probable that Kundakunda flourished at the beginning of the Christian era...
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A. M, GHATAGE-A few parallels in Jain and Buddhist works. (A, B. O. R. I. Vol. XVII; 1935-36), Pp. 340-350.
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O, STEIN-Jainist Literature. (P.O. vol. I; No. III; 1936).
Pp. 28-33. The discussion of the Numeral 18...many works mentioned.
see f.n. also.
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(Jain Ant. vol. 11.
Bibhutibhushan DATTA-A lost Jaina Treatise on Arithmetic No. II; Arrah; 1936).
Pp. 38—41. The formulae concerning the mensuration of a segment of a circle. This formulae has been stated by the celebrated Jaina metaphysician Umāsvāti several centuries before Bhāskara I. It also occurs in the BỊhat Kşetra-samāsa of Jinabhadra Gane (529-589 A.D.) the Ganitasār-samgraha of Mahāvírācārya (825 A.D.) ; Laghu kşetrasamāsa of Ratnasekhara Sûri (1440 A.D.) etc.
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