Some Aspects of Jainism in Eastern India

Author(s): Pranabananda Jash
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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Some Aspects of Jainism in Eastern India
"ASI Report, 1972-73, vol. VIII; JJ, April, 1969, pp. 163-64. "Nirmal Kumar Bose, Pravāsī, 1340, Bhādra, Bunkurāra Mandira, pp. 68ff. 76 JJ, April, 1969, pp. 164-65. ??HB (Dacca), p. 465. 78 Ibid., p. 465, pl. XIX, 49. ? This was probably collected from Bengal, JJ, April, 1969, p. 165. BOV.A. Sangave, Jaina Community, p. 380. *1 Mbh., XII.4 3. 82H.C. Raychaudhuri, PHAI, p. 79. 88C.J. Shah, op. cit., pp. 154-55. 8'H.C. Raychaudhuri, PHAI, p. 78. 85SBE, XLV. 8R.D. Banerjee, History of Orissa, I, pp. 61.
It may be noted that a somewhat late text (Avasyaka-niryukti, V, 55, 501f) mentions that Mahävira had visited Tosali (in Orissa) more than once and the king of that place had tied Mahāvīra with chords seven times.
B7JBORS, III, pp. 425ff. 88 SI, pp 206ff.
8°H.C. Raychaudhuri, PHAI, pp. 206ff; S. Chattopadhyaya, EHNI, pp. 35ff, 56ff. PHC. Raychaudhuri, PHAI, p. 206.
K.P. Jayaswal, JBORS, III, pp. 425ff; K.P. Jayaswal & R.D. Banerjee, EI, XX, pp. 72ff; B.M. Barua (IHQ, XIV, 1938, pp. 25911) reads it as such-Nandaraja-jitam ca Kalinga-jana-samniveśam. ÞEI, XX, pp. 72ff. 93N. K. Sahu, History of Orissa.
'The venerable Pasca-paramesthin of Jainism are: Arhat or Tirtharkara, Siddha, Acürya, Upādhyāya and Sūdhu.
IHQ, XXVII, 1951, pp. 103-4. 9*Charles Louis Fabri, History of the Art of Orissa, p. 18. 07 Ancient India, no. 5, p. 97.
A close scrutiny of some of the epigraphic records (Lüder's List, nos. 134853) discloses the existence of various Jaina devotees. Inscription no. 1348 speaks of a prince called Vadhuka who was a Jaina votary. Besides, the people of different categories, a servant (padamülika) called Kusuma is also said to have made donation (no. 1344) for the betterment of the faith.
98 Beal, Si-yu-ki, II, p. 208. "EI, XXIX, pp. 38ff. 100 Indian Archaeology - A Review, 1954-55, p. 29. 101D. Mitra, Buddhist Monuments, p. 225. 102 Prácīvalley Arch. Sur. Report, Orissa State Arch., Bhuvaneshwar, 1975,
p. 53.
1031bid., p. 54.
101Kumāraparvata is mentioned in the Hathigumpha inscription as Kumäriparvata. This mountain was known to Harişeņa (AD 931) as Kumaragiri of Odravişaya.-Brhat-Kathākoša, 61.67.
105 EI. XIII, p. 167.