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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1835
P. 800. Ploughing established by Lord Rşabha before his renunciation but Bharata persuaded men to abstain from it referred to in Hemachandra's Trişāştisalakāpuruşa-carita.
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E. SHARPE-The India that is India. London, 1934,
P. 29. Rise of Shankarācārya-an obstacle to Jainism. Jains divided into Śvetāmbara and the Sthāņakvāsi. Pālitānā and Dilwārā Jain temples possessing world repute-Svetāmbara Jains idol worshippers. Digambara Jains on way of its decay.
P. 30. Digambaras, Svetāmbaras and Sthānakvāsi described. Monkhood of Jainism discussed-compared to Hinduism-nuns holding a slight subordinate position to their co-monks of order.
Pp. 31-32. Jain austerities described --Jain customs explained-'Pinjra-Pol' means a Jain hermitage-its nature and managements described.
P. 33(n). Jain hospital Guru Shri Shanti Vijayaji Hospital, Mt. Ābū run on upto-date western lines retaining the Jain principle of not hastening death; pain, of course alleviated by anaesthetics.
P. 34. Jain rituals on the death of a Jain fully described - Doctrine of Ahimsā narrated.
the Hindus but have ceremonies
P. 35. Jains a sect distinctly apart from performed by Brahmins.
Pp. 35-86. Jains food, marriage and lavish hospitality described.
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C. M. Ramachandram CHETTIAR-Jainism in Kongu Nadu. (Q.J.M.S. Vol. 25. Nos. 1, 2 & 3. 1934-35; Bangalore).
P. 87. Existence of a few ancient temples in Erode Taluq and one image on a rock at Tirumūrthi Hill; existence of the name of Bastipurām (Basti is the Jain temple) to a deserted site at Vijiamangalam and by the survival of two Jain families of priests, one at Vijiamangalam and the other at Pundurai in the Erode Talug, it can be inferred that the Jain Religion made inroads into Kongu Nadu, but could not make a permanent mark into the affairs of the Kongu people. Even today the people who reside at the next doors to the Jain temple do not know that the temple represents a different religious ideal from theirs. Some think that the Jain image
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