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On the Indian Sect of the Jainas

Editorial note — Sketch of Jaina Mythology FOOTNOTES

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Footnote 1: See Ratnasâgara, bh. II, pp. 696--705.

Footnote 2: Cave Temples, pp. 491, 496; Arch. Sur. Westn. India, vol. I, p. 25 and pl. xxxvii; vol. V, p. 49; Transactions, R. As. Soc., vol. I, p. 435. At Rânpur in Godwâr, in the temple of Rishabhanâtha is a finely carved slab representing Pârśvanâtha in the Kâyotsarga position, attended by snake divinities,--Archit. and Scenery in Gujarât and Râjputâna, p. 21. The story has variants: conf. Ind. Ant. vol. XXX, p. 302.

Footnote 3: The Digambara describe the colours of the seventh and twenty-first Jinas as marakada or emerald coloured.

Footnote 4: For an account of the ritual of the Svetâmbara sect of Jainas, see my account in the Indian Antiquary, vol. XIII, pp. 191-196.

Footnote 5: Jour. Asiat. IXme Ser. tom. XIX, p. 260.

Footnote 6: Conf. Ratnasâgara, bh. II, pp. 616, 617; Jour. Asiat. IXme Ser. tome XIX, p. 259; Sac. Bks. E. vol. XLV, p. 226 f. See also Rev. de l'Histoire des Relig. tom. XLVII, pp. 34-50, which has appeared since the above was written, for "La doctrine des êtres vivants dans la Religion Jaina".

Footnote 7: See ante, p. 11, note 10; The following extract is from Sac. Books of the East, vol. XLV, pp. 211-213.

Footnote 8: The greatest size--ogâhaṇâ--of men is 500 dhanush or 2000 cubits, the smallest is one cubit.

Footnote 9: The gourd Lagenaria vulgaris.

Footnote 10: Ratnasâgara, bh. II, p. 607; Jour. As. u.s. p. 263.

Footnote 11: Those names marked * are found in Col. Miles's list Tr. R. A. S. vol. III, pp. 358 f. 363, 365, 370. Those marked † are included in H. G. Brigg's list,--Cities of Gujarashtra, p. 339.

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