A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c5.89

c5.89

To begin with, I may note the various meanings of the word 'scripture' as given in *The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English* (p. 1072 of the new edition revised by H. W. Fowler). They are: "The Bible with or without the Apocrypha' (usually without article; also Holy scripture or the Ss.; a doctrine not found in S. or the Ss.); a or the quotation from the Bible; (attrib) taken from or relating to the Bible (a s. text, lesson; cf. scriptural); sacred book of non-Christian community; (archaic) inscription."