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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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J. C. JAIN--Economic Lucknow, 1945).
studies from the Jain canon. (J.U.P.H.S., Parts 1 & 2,
P 56. Jinapaliya and Jinarākkhiya merchants of Campā (modern Bhagalpur) renowned for their sea trade over Indian ocean referred to in Nāyādhammakahão. Palita and Dhana other merchants of Campā.
P. 61. Mention of a Jain monk killing three lions in a night to save the life of Sadhus in Konkaņa referred to in Nisi, Cu Pithikā.
P. 61n). Brh. Bhā. contains descriptions of trading caravans in ancient India, Mention of a wealthy merchant named Ananda.
P. 67. Bịhatakalpa Bhāsya and its commentary mentions various coins used in those days.
P. 67(n). The carma or leather coin is also referred to in the Bhavabhāvanā of Maladhari Hemacandra current in the time of Nandas.
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P. K. Gope-Studies in the History of Indian plants. (B. C. Law Volume, Part I, Calcutta, 1945).
P. 142. Study of Indian plants not yet properly carried out in spite of the wealth of material in Jain, Brāhmanical and Buddhist sources,
Pp. 147-48. Antiquity of Jawar or Fondhla (Holcus Sorghum) Sadhu Sundaragani, a Jain lexicographer, refers to Yavanāla or Jounāla in his Dhāturatnākara (A.D. 1624).
Pp. 150-154 & 157-158. In Hemachandra's (1089-1173 A.D.) lexicons Desinämamála and Abhidhänacintāmāņi mention of the words Jonalia, Jowari, rawanāla corresponding to the modern Jawara: references in the Präkrit dictionary PaiaSadda-Mahar navo. In Jivakacintamani (8th century AD.) a Tamil work Jawăr is 1eferred to as Irungu (IRUNGU) and cholum.
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Tiloyapannatti (Prākrit) of Jadivasaha (belonging to the first stratum of the pro-canon of the Digambaras) refers to Jawar as Jamanāla.
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