Jinamanjari 1999 09 No 20

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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South on account of the great famine in Magadha. In the beginning of the current era the church was most energized in the South and owing to this energy, Pontiff Arhadbali (38-66 C.E.) convenes the Great Council of Southern Jain monks at Mahima (identified with modern village Mahimnagar in Satara district of Maharashtra) and following that Council part of the Scripture was first committed to writing by Pushpadanta (c.50-80 C.E.) and Bhutabali (c.66-90 C.E.).32
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1. Heinrich Zimmer, Philosophies of India, p.8, Princeton University Press, 1989. 2. Ibid., p.215. 3. Kendall W. Folkert, Scripture and Community, p.3, Scholars Press, Atlanta 1993. 4. H. Zimmer, p.209. 5. U.P. Shah in Jainanthology, ed. Ganesh Lalwani, p.113, Jain Bhavan Publication, Calcutta 1991. 6. Bhuvanendra Kumar, Jainism in America, pp.42-60, 67, Jain Humanities Press, Canada 1996. See Heinrich Zimmer, op.cit., pp.182-183. 7. H. Zimmer, p.220. 8. Dr. J. P. Jain, The Jaina Sources of the History of Ancient India, p.33, Munshiram Manoharlal, India 1964. 9. Dr. J. P. Jain in Jainanthology, ed. Ganesh Lalwani, p. 22, Jain Bhavan Publication, Calcutta 1991. 10. H. Zimmer, p.224. 11. Kumar, p.59. 12. H. Zimmer, p.221. 13. A detailed and critically investigated work by J.P. Jain about various events of the life of Mahāvīra is found in his book, op. cit., pp.32-54. 14. Folkert, p.152. 15. Ibid., p.152. 16. P.C. Chopra in Jainanthology, p.60. 17. Dr. Bhagcandra Jain, Jainism in Buddhist Literature, pp.23-25, Alok Publication, Nagpur 1972 18. Dr. K. C. Jain, Lord Mahavira and His Times, p.26, Motilal Banarsidas, India 1991. 19. Ibid., p.63. 20. Bhagchandra Jain, p.95. 21. Ibid. p. 54. 22. Dr. K. C. Jain, op. cit., p.62. 23. K.C. Lalwani in Jainathology, p.41. 24. See J.L. Jaini who sketches the seven truths in detail in his Outlines of Jainism. J.L. Jaini Trust, Indore 1979. 25. Cited by Prof. J.C. Jain in Jainanthology, p.228. 26. K.C. Lalwani in Jainathology, p.41. 27. Cited by Y. Krishnan, in Jainathology, p.88. 28. Ibid. 29. Ibid., pp.92-93.
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