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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1777 6. Pandava-Puräna by Asaga (11th century A.D.) is a Digambara version of the Mahabharata in Sanskrit.
7. Caupauna-Mahapuräna-cariya of Silācarya (written in A.D. 868).
8. Puşpadanta's Mahāpurāna in Apabhramśa (A.9. 965).
9. The sixteenth chapter of the Naya-dharmakahão given the story of Dovai (Draupadi).
10. The last book of the Katha-Kośa gives the story of Nala and Davadanti (Damayanti).
· 11. The Kumārapāla-pratibodha of Somaprabha gives the story of Nala as a warning against gambling.
12. Pañcasati-prabodha-samabandha of Subhasila Ganin (written in A.D. 1464) deals with the stories of Draupadi and Kunti.
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Subhasıla's Bharatädi-katha.
14. Amitagati's (11th century A.D.) cites many legends and sagas from the Rāmāyana and the Mahabharata stories.
15. Vasudeva-hindi of Sanghadāsa Gaņin and Jinadāsa (c. 6th or 7th century A.D.), a Präkrit work, deals with the story of Vāsudeva-Kļšņa.
16. The Artagadadasão gives a completed Jain version of the Krsna legend where the story of the downfall of the city of Dvārāvati and the death of Krsna is told. Jainas incorportated Kțsņa cult into their religion and subsequently Kșsņa is made into a pious Jina.
P. 113. Pampa I (c. A.D. 902) the celebrated author of the Kannada Mahabharata gives the Jaina version of the story. Karņapārya (c. A.D. 1140) introduced the stories of Krsna, the Pāņdava and the Mahābhāratan wars in his Neminatha Purana.
P. 248. Part III. Section 16. The Purāņas by Rajendra Chandra HAZRA.
Early Jaina texts carry evidences of large number of heretical doctrines defying Brahmanical doctrines. Of the teachers of anti-Vedic system, the name of Vardhamana Mahavira is a prominent one.
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