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JAINA BBLIOGRAPHY
by Digambars; the different Ganas, Kulas, Sakhās and Gacchas found inscribed on the relics of Mathura, are identical with those mentioned in the Kalpasūtra, while these names do not occur in any of the Digambara work.
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Rājgir? Miscellanea (I.A.
vol. LVIII. 1929,
D. N. SEN-Who built New Bombay).
Pp. 176-77. Did Bimbisāra build it? Bimbisāra lived and died within the old walled city. Did Ajātaśatru build New Rājgir? Ajātasatru also lived in the royal city in the valley. The Chinese pilgrims' accounts of New Rājagraha are conflicting. According to Hiuen Tsiang, it was built by Bimbisāra whereas Fa-hien says that Ajātaśatru built it. Both mistaken in their theories, Reference given.
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C. KRAUSE--The Kaleidoscope of Indian Wisdom. Madras, 1929. (Shri Yashovijaya Jain Granthamālā, Bhavanagar).
P. 16. Vedānta--Like in Jainism, the liberated souls stay in a definite place, which is situated at the top of the Universe.
Pp. 21-24. II. Non-Vedic Systems : Jaina and Buddha systems are prominent for their metaphysical depth and grand ethics, their historical importance and the influence they exercised on Indian civilization, by their humane and peaceful spirit, which greatly contributed to the abolition of bloody sacrifices and other horrible practices of ancient, indigenous ritualism.
Sanjaya Belatthiputta : he promulgated independent agnostic-relativistic speculations, before the time of Buddha--the existence or non-existence of a thing can be expressed from 7 different stand-points. These same 7 modes are also in Jain Logic-Saptabhangi-Vada' or 'Syadvāda'. Closely akin to Jain Philosophy is the system of the Ajivikas which flourished at the time of Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. They were also called Achelakas, i.e. the unclothed ones, fiom the nakedness of their monks; the souls are divided into 6 categories of different colour', which seems to correspond to the 6 lesyäs of Jain Dogmatic. They believe everything to depend on Niyali, the necessity resulting from Karma.
Pp. 28-37. Jainism claims eternity-Utsarpinis (periods of rising development) and Avasarpinis (periods of decline). Jainism older than Buddhism. The Svetämbaras and the Digambaras described. The Calvinistic Sthanakvāsi and Terapanthi sects, probably influenced by Mohammadan ideas-opposed to idol-worship. Jivas or souls in various stages of development, from the senseless and irrational Nigodas
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