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Jaina monks

8 articles in the archive discuss Jaina monks, from The Indian Historical Quarterly, Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology (1960–2012). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

8 articles

Articles discussing Jaina monks

  1. The Early Jaina Monastic Life

    Madan Mohan Singh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1960

    “The main difference between the two orders was that while the Buddhist system sttessed on following a middle course (Majjhima-patipada), the Jaina monks aimed at practising extreme asceticism.”
  2. Kinematics of Venus in Bhadrabahu Sanhita

    Sajjan Singh Lishk · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983

  3. Infancy of Human Race as depicted in the Jaina Agamas

    J. C. Sikdar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972

  4. Book Review: Translations of Canonical Texts from Prakrit into English

    Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1982

  5. Hymn to Mahavira

    Jina Ballabha Suri · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967

    “Sri Jina Ballabha Suri who is the celebrated author of Sri Mahavira Stotram was born in v.s. 1125 and died in 1167 (approx. 1068-1110 A.D.). He is a great name among the Jaina monks.”
  6. Nayacandra Suri—A Literary Profile

    Satyavrat Verma · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1986

  7. Jainism and its Relevance to the Modern Society

    Duli Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2012

  8. Ourselves

    Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969

    “This tradition of the Svetambara Jainas about his going to Nepal is, however, not accepted by the Digambara Jainas according to whom during the reign of Candragupta Maurya, Bhadrabahu, in anticipation of a twelve-year famine, led an exodus of Jaina monks to the South where he died.”