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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mathurai is available. Käverippumapattinum a prosperous sea port (now submerged under the sea).
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Nemi Chandra SHASTRI- Jain Culture in Shahabad. (Jain. Ant., Vol. XVIII, No. I), Arah, 1952. Pp. 26 to 32.
Jainism exists in the district of Shahabad (Bihar) from the 6th century A.D. About twenty images of Jain Nemi Nāth, Rşabhanāth and others, the fabulous tree Kalpavskșa, the religion incarnate Dharmachakra excavated from Chousa, in Buxar sub-division. The period of these images ranges from the 6th century A.D. to the 9th century A.D. A brief sketch of some of the well-known Jain temples of Shahabad given and literary progress of Jainism in Shahabad shown.
2849 A. N. UPADHYE--The Fainas. (The Indo-Asian Culture, II, 2, Pp. 164-69, Delhi, 1953).
This note gives an outline of the part played by the Jainas in different parts of India, starting with their Tirthankaras.
2850
Anant Prasad Jain---Soul, Consciousness and Life. Aliganj, Etah, 1953. P. 24.
Here a short rational analysis is put forward for an easy conception of existence and identity of soul, according to Jainism.
2851
The Indo- Asian Culture--Vol. I, No. 4, New Delhi, 1953.
Pp 438-39. Reports bathing ceremony of Gomate--svara on March 5, 1953. Picture of Gomatesvara on page 395. Reports birthday anniversary of Mahävira on March 28, 1953.
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N. L. AHMAD-Some problems for further study and research. (Presidential Address, Ind. Hist. Cong., 17th Sess.' Ahmedabad) 1954,
P. 231. In Gujarat valuable material lies buried in Jain Bhandaras. The numerous Rasas or Prabandhas should throw interesting light on the social, cultural and political history of the period (1206-1525).
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