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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1759 The Dhürlākhyāna found in the Nisuthacūrni is introduced here with a summary of the contents which are compared and contrasted with those in the work of Haribhadra who, it is concluded, is indebted to the Cürņi. The Appendix gives the text as found in the Cūrni
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A, N. UPADHYE--The Samtinatha-cariu in Apabhramsa (J. of the University of Poona, 5, Pp. 144-65, Poona, 1956).
This is an unpublished Apabhramśa text. The following topics are discussed here: (1) Ms. material. (2) Age of the work. (3) Evidence on the Authorship of Mahimdu, Mahadu and Bambhajjuna. (4) Sädhärana, the Patron. (5) Contents and Form.
2496
A. N. UPADHYE-The Literature and Philosophy of the Jainas. (The Indo-Asian Culture, IV, 4, Pp. 440-49, Delhi, 1956).
Here are presented broad outlines of the Jaina literature and Philosophy in a non-technical manner.
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Muni PUNYAVIJAYA-Angavijjà (Science of Divination through Physical Signs and Symbols), Banaras, 1957. Pp. viii 94, 372.
(Text critically edited with Hindi and English introduction).
It is a Prākrit work of c. 4th century A.D., in 60 chapters, ascribed to Santisūri thārapadragaccha, on astrological deductions from the linear marks and signs on the body. It supplies also a good deal of culture--historical material relating to the age of the Kuşāņas and the Guptas. It may be regarded as a supplement to Varahamihira's BỊhatsamhita.
Pp. 35-55. English Introduction by Dr. MOTICHANDRA. Summarises the chapterwise contents of the text. (It contains valuable lists of textiles, containers and utensils, seats and furniture, ornaments and jewellery, gods and goddesses, conveyances and boats, government officers, articles of food and drink, arms and weapons, birds and animals, personal names of men and women, architectural terms etc.).
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