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Pp. 719-723. What is Ahimsa-interpretation that is most common in Buddhistic literature and Jaina Prākrit literature is 'Do not kill animals'--it is a moral precept among them --neither Mahāvīra nor Buddha understood Ahimsā in the sense of international pacifism or socialist non-violence which may be preaching today,
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K. V. ABHYANKAR-Omission and Repetition of Tithis or Lunar Days. (A historical perspective) (A.B.O.R.I. Vol. XXVIII, 1947), Pp. 96-111.
P. 104. Lines ascribed to Umāsvāti cannot also be traced to any of his existing works—The lines appear to have been written by Umāsyati in connection with a difficulty felt at his time regarding the tithi for religious and secular observances in cases of doubt, after the introduction of the Jain Agama Calendar on the model of the Vedic Calendar based on Vedānga Jyotisha...Umāsvāti found the solution in the time-honoured line ‘Kşaye Pūrva etc.' to which he added the line 'Sri Virāsvami Nirvānam Karyam Lokānusaratah' with a view to place the day of Nirvāna and the day of the New Year on two consecutive days.
The Jain Agma calendar appears to have been introduced a few centuries before the Saka Era, possibly at the time of Bhadrabāhu-At the rate of one day per 72 years, the seasons had receded by a fortnight in the days of the Jaina Āgamas.
P. 106. Kālakācārya referred to the Vedic Calendar and its prototype the Jain Agama Calendar (Siddhānta Tippana) were followed by people till the 10th century A. D. when Sripati and other astronomers brought greater accuracy in the calculations of the durations of tithis. A new calendar was prepared which threw into the background the Vedic Calendar and the Jain Siddhānta Tippana....
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K. V. ABHYANKAR-The Indian Origin of the Week days. Jain Yuga(P.O. Vol. XII; 1947).
P. 68. First day Thursday Jain Āgams referred.
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Ajit Prasad JAIN-The Riddle of the Universe. (Jain Ant, Vol. XII, No. II); Arrah, 1947. Pp. 62 to 67,
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