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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1883
the whole country holding disputations with the Buddhists, the Jains, and the other heretical sects defeating them in philosophical discussions, and reconverting them into the Hindu faith,
The religious reformers and teachers were no less busy in the extreme South. The Saiva Nayannars and the Vaisnava Alvars rooted out Buddhism and Jainism from the Dravida country.
P. 137. Literature-In the early stages the Jains played an important part in the development of the Southern languages; they produced works on grammar, prosody, and rhetoric and invited the composition of Purāṇas and Kavyas on Sanskrit and Prākrit models. This contribution is greatest in the case of Kannada and least in the case of Telugu. The Jains soon lost ground; and the Hindus took up their place.
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Potter DORIS--The fragrance of India (translated from French); Allahabad, 1946.
Pp. 168-174. The regard of a sage; Shravana belgola the cave where Emperor Candragupta Maurya lived as a contemplative ascetic ; the Gigantic Statue of Gomateshwara (the Jain saint) 65 feet in height; Jainism more ancient than Buddhism. Mahāvīra born at Kundagrama in the Deccan ; doctrine of Ahimsā or non-violence.
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L. ALSDORF - Further contributions to the history of Jain Cosmography and Mythology. (N.I.A. Vol. IX, Bombay, 1947, Pp.105-128).
Alsporr's article on the same subject in ZDMG. 92 Pp. 464ff. Description of the birth-consecration performed by the gods for every new-born Tirthankara, the so-called Janmakalyana. Full description given. Digambara version also compared. Buddhist tradition compared with the Jainas.
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A. N. UPADHYE-Kavi Parameśvara of Parameşthi. (Proc, and Trans. of the A. I. O, C., XIII, Pp. 375-80, Nagpur, 1946 ; in Hindi, J. S. B., XIII, 2, Pp. 81-86, Arrah, 1947).
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