A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c9.s17: Jambuddīvapaṇṇatti

A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c9.s17

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Jambuddīvapaṇṇatti

c9.s17.1

This is so to say a work on *Jaina* cosmology. It is divided into seven sections, each known as *vakkhakkāra*. In the 3rd section, there is a description of Bhāratavarṣa (India), and, therein the legends about King Bharata are treated at length. According to Leumann (Z. D. M. G. vols. 48 and 82) "they can be called an exactly parallel text to Viṣṇu-Purāṇa II and Bhāgavata-Purāṇa V."¹

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¹ Vide A His. of Ind. Lit. (vol. II, p. 457).

Cites (2)

Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Viṣṇupurāṇa — Sanskrit