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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Bimala Churn LAW-The Kalpasütra. (Jain Ant. Arrah, Vol. II; No. III; 1936, Pp. 71-74; vol. II; No. IV; 1937, Pp. 81-85).
Kalpasutra is supposed to have been written by Bhadrabähu in 454 A.D. several commentaries date from 15th to 17th century. Biographies of Jinas narrated. Lives of Pārsvanäth, Ariṣṭanemi & Rṣabhadeva given. Rules of Tatis and Samăcaris given.
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A. N. UPADHYE-A comparative Study of Svetambara and Digambara Literature, (The Atmananda Janmasatabdi Smaraka Volume, Pp. 82-4, Bombay, 1936).
This note presents a list of Prakrit words which are differently Sanskritized by Digambara and Svetämbara authors. This shows that both of them had the same stock of literature in the beginning.
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Jain Education International
Ludwig ALSDORF-Harivamlapurana, Alt-und Neu- Indische Studien herausgegeben vom Seminar fur Kultur und Geschichte Indiens an der Hansischen Universitat. 5. Super Royal (roughly 28 x 20 cms.) Pp. 12 516. Hamburg, 1936.
This is a critical edition of the Harivamsapurana in Apabhramia extracted from the Mahapurana also known as Tisal! himaha-purisa guṇālaṁkāra, of Puspadanta, Chapters 81-92. The critical Text in Roman characters is accompanied by variant readings. and followed by a German translation, informative Notes, Glossary of Apabhramia words, Index of Proper Names, extracts from the Adipurana, and Uttarapurana and photographs of some folios of the Mss. used. The Introduction in German is quite thorough and elaborate. It gives details about Puspadanta, the author, and sheds abundant light on the contents of the Harivansa comparing the details with those available in the works of Jinasena and Hemachandra. The Jaina version of the Pandava legend is incidentally discussed. The Vasudevahindi has been studied as the prototype Jaina of the Brhatkatha. The critical apparatus is fully described and the orthographical peculiarities of the Mss. are discussed at length. The Apabhramsa grammar based on these chapters is elaborately prepared; and it covers the syntactical and stylisitic peculiarities as well. The metrical forms used in the Harivamla are exhaustively studied.
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