Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c31.2

c31.2

The *Vividhatīrtha-kalpa* of Jinaprabhasūri is a Jaina book, edited by Jina-vijaya Sūri and published at the expense of Bahadur Singh Singhi. It contains accounts of places sacred to the Jains. The work, as it stands, contains legends mixed up with facts. Great care should be exercised in separating fact from fiction in order to have a true picture of the sacred places of the Jains. In some places, new materials are available which, I believe, will be helpful to students of Iconography and Ancient Indian Geography. In order to make a critical study of the subject, some of the modern publications such as Cunningham's *Ancient Geography* revised by S. N. Majumdar, N. L. De's *Geographical Dictionary*, my *Geographical Essays*, *India as described in early texts of Buddhism and Jainism*, *Geography of Early Buddhism* and my paper on *Sacred Places of the Jains* published in the U. P. Historical Society's Journal should be consulted. This text should be studied along with the *Jambuddīvapaṇṇatti*.