The life and stories of the Jaina savior, Pārçvanātha / by Maurice Bloomfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhāvadevasūri.

Contributor:

Bloomfield, Maurice, 1855-1928.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pārśvanātha, active 8th century B.C.

Pārśvanātha.

Physical Description:

xii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins press, 1919.

Contents:

-Preface.-Introduction.-Digest of Bhāvadevasūri's Pārçvanātha Caritra (p.25-181) [ed. by Shravak Pandt Hargovinddas and Shravak Pandit Bechardas... Benares, Virasamvat, 2048 (A.D. 1912)]-Additional notes.-Appendix I: Proverbs and proverbial expressions. II: The language of Pārçvanātha.-Text corrections.-Index.

Notes:

"The digest of the stories, the main part of the work, is preceded by an introduction which deals briefly with the sources of the Pārçva legend, and then epitomizes the legend itself."

OCLC:

3894221