A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c3.13

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VII A clarion call of Prof. Winternitz, the Jaina contributions in the linguistic field and their evalution, intonation, versified commentaries, synonyms, nikkheva, nirutti, grammatical information, poetics, sutta, its significance, characteristics and equivalents, allegations about the use of the word sutta, gatapratyāgatasūtras, probably a peculiarity of the Jaina canon, origin of the praśnottara-paddhatti, ethics, maxims, metaphysics, logic, syādvada, saptabhaṅgī, parallels in non-Jaina literature, the ascetic literature of ancient India, the Jaina literature, a wonderful store-house for stories, tales, fables, anecdotes, parables etc., folk-lore, music, staging of dramas, erotic, mathematics, alchemy, the science of medicine, modern branches of knowledge and their nucleus as embodied in the canonical literature, paleographic and educational data furnished by the canonical literature, ethnology, foot-wear and outfit, nautical, water, stick, and lullaby.