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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Candraprajñapti and Bhadrabahu Samhita of Bhadrabahu Jain astronomical works. Jain astronomers mentioned in Varahamihira's Pancasiddhāntikā (6th century A.D.). Brahmagupta (598 A.C.) refuting the theories of Jainas once in his Sphutasiddhānta, Jaina astronomy mentioned in Sripati's works (A.c. 1040). Bhaskaräcāry's critism of Jain astronomical doctrines mentioned.
Pp. 38-39. Bhadrabāhu VI Samhita--written by Bhadrabāhu. Date of Bhadra. bāhu critically examined. Bhadrabāhu the last of Srutakevalin; śruta kevalins mean those who could produce from memory the whole of the voluminous canonical literature of the Jainas. The authenticity of Bhadrabāhu VI Samhitā discussed. Kusumpura (mod. Patna) in Magadha first residence of Bhadrabāhu.
Siddhasena- Jain astronomer referred to in Brhat Samhita of Varahamihira. Jambudvipaprajñapti (c. 500 B.C.) gives the cosmography of the Jainas.
Pp. 40-42. The Jain conception of two suns theory fully discussed. Jain theory of matter Yuga, Nakșatras discussed. Lunar system of the Jainas fully explained.
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A. B. DHRUBA-The Veda and its Interpretations. (Malaviya Commemoration Volume, Benares, 1932, Pp. 447-458).
P. 447. Allegiance of Jains to the Vedas---Jains appealed to the Vedas as their authority and propagating Jainism argued that the Vedas of the Brahmins were not the original Veda (Uttarādhyayana, Sect. XXV).
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(Malaviya Commemoration Volume,
0. C. GANGOLY-Bäla-Gopala-stuti. Benares, 1932, Pp. 285-9).
P. 288. "Southern Rajasthani' or 'Gujrati' school of painting not identical with the Jaina school-a large volume of Jaina canonical literature illustrated in Southern Rajasthani style-yet Jaina Mss. have a canonical application of a general vocabulary of the medieval patois of Indian painting current in Southern Rajputana and which had its sectarian and non-sectarian uses.
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S. R. Das-Jaina School of Astronomy. (I. H.Q. Vol. VIIĮ. 1932.)
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