Some Cosmological Ideas of the Jainas

Amulya Chandra Sen

Some Cosmological Ideas of the Jainas

Vol. 8 · No. 1March - 1932pp. 43–48English

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“There are seven earths, viz., retna , éarkerd , +viluki , panka, dhiima , tamah , and mabdtamehprabhi.”

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Jaini’s aceount in Outlines of Jainism (Cainbridge University DPress, pp. 119-124)

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People

Jaini
Burgess 9
Sinclair

Places

Bharata 6
Jambiidvipa
Haimuvata
Videha 17
Hart
Mount Meru 6

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Swwmardyaige શોલે Bhugarvati
Jambidvipa-prajiapti
Niraydvali
Jivdi-bltigama
Auwpapitika
Devendrastaru

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Vol. 8 · No. 1

1–20Sasanka, king of BengalRadha Govinda Basak 21–29The Eastern CalukyasDhirendra Chandra Ganguly 30–42The Jaina School of AstronomySukumar Ranjan Das 43–48Some Cosmological Ideas of the JainasAmulya Chandra SenCurrent article 49–53Domicile of the Author of the Bhagavata PuranaAmar Nath Roy 54–63Studies in the KautiliyaNarendra Nath Law 64–84Early Vritism and NarayanIya WorshipMrinal Das Gupta 85–92The Gupta EraDhirendra Nath Mukherji 93–110A Buddhist Manuscript at GilgitNalinaksha Dutt 111–113A Quotation from the HrdayadarpanaP. K. Gode 113–116A Note on a remark of Yuan ChwangRamashankar Tripathi 117–120Macedonian Month-Name in a Brahmi InscriptionHarit Krishna Deb 121–164Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Valley CivilizationNarendra Nath Law 165–220The English Translation of the KautiliyaNarendra Nath Law 221–223The Soma or Sauma Sect of the SaivasChintaharan Chakravarti 224–227KasakrtsnaKshitish Chandra Chatterjee 228–230Nalanda Stone Inscription of YasovarmadevaA. K. Mrithyunjayan 231–240Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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