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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ch. III. The legend of Skandaka, grammatical considerations on the text of this narrative.
Ch. IV. The sin and the final liberation. The sin in general. List of sins after Jinadatta and after Hemacandra. The action. The asceticism. The deliverance.
Ch. V. Cosmology. Brief and general considerations on the Univease and its elements according to the Jaina doctrines.
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A. WEBER- Akademische Vorlesungen über Indische Literaturgeschichte. Auflage. Berlin, 1876.
P. 316. Note on the Jaina Sect, which WEBER considers as sprung from the Buddhism. Rapid indications on the canonical treatise and the language of the Jains. Bibliographical survey.
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G. BÜHLER-The Digambara Jains. (Indian Antiquary, vol. VII, Pp. 28-29), Bombay, 1878.
Reference of visit to Delhi and to Jaipur, and some talks of the author with the Digambara Jainas of these two towns. The Digambaras are scattered in the eastern Rajputana, the Punjab, the north-western provinces, the Central India Agency and Guzrat. Their places of teaching (Vidyāsthāna) are the following towns : Jaipur, Delhi, Gwalior, Ajmer, Nāgor in the Rājputānā. Rāmpur-Bhänpur near Indore, Karangi and Surat. The Digambaras have the claim of representing the first Jaina church so they call their community the 'Mülasangha'.
They are divided into ascetics and laic adepts. The ascetics comprise the Bhattārakas or grand priests, and the pandits or ordinary ascetics. They constitute four sects; the Nandigaccha, the Sarasvati gaccha, the Bharati gaccha and the Syena gaccha. They remain no more today in the state of nudity; they cover themselves with a cha dar, which they leave moreover at the time of meal.
The laic adepts from three classes; the Khandarwāls, the Agarwala and the Bahirwāls. The literature of the Digambaras is divided into for Vedas :
1. The Prathamānuyoga comprising historical and legendary works : the 24 Purāņas, the Uttarapurāna, the Harivamsa Purāņa, etc.
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