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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vişnupurana depicts the story 'Mayamoha' which is nothing but Digambara Jain monk. Asuras, a non-Vedic society, were followers of Mayamoha Sharman. Padma, Matsya and Devi Bhagavata puranas confirm that Asuras followed Jain religion. Rgveda calls them enemies of Vedic religion.
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R.N. DANDEKAR-Vedic, Sanskrit and Präkrit Studies. (Oriental Studies in India, Published on the occasion of the 26th International Congress of Orientalists, New Delhi, 1964).
Pp. 12-35. Sanskrit and Prakrit Studies: Mentions some Jaina Research Institutions and their publications and a few Jain authors and their published
works.
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L. A. PHALTANE-An Ancient Phase of Jainism. (Jain Ant., Vol. XXII, No. II), Arrah, 1964, Pp. 17 to 20.
Marga, according to Sri Kundakundachärva, means a way for final beatitude and its result is complete happiness. Jainism was known at one time by the name Marga, Maga, Manga, Maunga and Monk-are the words derived from the original word 'magga'. In Persia the Magas' formed an important section of the people. We learn from the Bhavis ya Purana that the Magas and Bhojakas are the same. They had among them the customs of showing the head clean, of not dining at night and of carrying a brush in their hands. These customs are common among the saints of the Jainas of India. From the similarities found in the language of the Brahmi people in Baluchistan and the Kannada people of Karnataka the linguists have come to the conclusion that the Kannada people of Karnataka must have been in ancient past, the inhabitants of the territory round about Baluchistan. This means that the whole of the Central Asia, Persia and Baluchistan and the territory round about were under the influence of marga or Jaina religion in ancient days.
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Subodh Kumar JAIN-A report on the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Bhar an. (Jain Ant., vol. XXII, No. II) Arrah, 1964. Pp. 21 to 25.
Jain Education International
The Diamond Jubilee celebration of Sri Jain Siddhanta Bhawan and its two constituent bodies, Sri Devkumar Jain Research Institute and Sri Devkumar Jain Oriental Library on the 28th December, 1963. On this day the title of 'Siddhantocharya' was conferred to ten scholars.
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