Jainism in North India

Author(s): Chimanlal J Shah
Publisher: Longmans Green and Compny London

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER V. MATHURA INSCRIPTIONS
After Kharavela comes Vikramaditya of Ujjam Era of Vikrama and Siddhasena Divakara
Gardhabhilla, the predecessor of Vikrama, and Kālikācārya Saint Kalaka and Satayana of Pratishthanapura
Siddhasena Diväkara and his times
Padaliptācārya and the traditions connected with him
Traditional literature of the Jainas and the reality of Vikrama and his era Mathura inscriptions and their importance in connection with the Jaina church Kankali Tila the source of Jaina records of Mathura
Inscriptions connected with the Satraps of Mathura Dated and undated Kushana inscriptions
Mathura inscriptions and their importance in the light of the history of the Jaina church
Historical background from the Kushanas down to the advent of the Guptas Extent of the Gupta Empire
State of religion during the Gupta period
Epigraphic evidence of the sympathy of the Guptas towards the Jamas The Kuvalayamālā tradition and the Jaina chronicle of the Gupta period Rise of the Vallabhis and the end of the Guptas Dhruvasena I, the fourth in the Vallabhi list, and the end of the unrecorded
period of Jaina history
CHAPTER VI. STATE OF JAINISM DURING THE GUPTA PERIOD
Digambar belief regarding the Svetumbara canon
Grounds in favour of the Svetambaras
Fourteen Purvas
Twelve Angas
Tucke Upangas
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Ten Painnas or Prahirnas
Six Chedaslitras
Four Mülasttras
Two isolated texts
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Language of the canon
Commentatorial works called the Nijjuttis or Nirgul.lis
Bhadrabahu the oldest commentator
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195-197
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CHAPTER VII. JAINA LITERATURE OF THE NORTH
Introductory remarks
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The Siddhanta of the Jainas
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